Anderson, Mark D., 1974-

Disaster writing the cultural politics of catastrophe in Latin America / [electronic resource] : Mark D. Anderson. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. - x, 241 p. - New World studies . - New World studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaching disaster -- Disaster and the "New patria": Cyclone San Zenón and Trujillo's rewriting of the Dominican Republic -- Drought and the literary construction of risk in northeastern Brazil -- Volcanic identities: explosive nationalism and the disastered subject in Central American literature -- Fault lines: Mexico's 1985 earthquake and the politics of narration -- On writing and the nationalization of catastrophe.


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Latin American literature--History and criticism.
Disasters in literature.
Catastrophes (Geology) in literature.
Literature and society--Latin America.
National characteristics in literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7081 / .A566 2011eb

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