Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction: The Impact of Feminism and Postcolonialism - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137277564 ISBN 13: 9781137277565

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism.

About this title

About the Author:

Fernando Burgos, University of Memphis, USA Marcelo Coddou, Drew University, USA María Josele Bucco Coelho, Universidad Federal de Rio Grande de Sur, Brazil Víctor Figueroa, Wayne State University, USA Ester Gimbernat González, University of Northern Colorado, USA Elda Stanco, Brown University, USA Patricia Varas, Willamette University, USA

Review:

"None of the novels examined in Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction are viewed as historical fiction in the conventional 'costume drama' sense of the word, and all engage in essentially Marxian versions of history as the contemporary ideological positioning of human subjects. These essays are outstanding examples of literary scholarship, well documented and well grounded theoretically. They certainly make me want me to read the novels discussed that I do not know, which I think is a mark of sophisticated criticism." - David William Foster, Regents Professor, Arizona State University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1137277564
• ISBN 13: 9781137277565
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Weldt-Basson H.