Practicing memory in Central American literature /
[Book]
Nicole Caso.
1st ed.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
x, 288 pages ;
22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : covering the mouth of silence -- Pt. I. The isthmus : a geography of dubious straits : a literature of trauma and redemption -- The dubious strait -- The wounds of 1954 -- Pt. II. The city : the city as metonymy for the costs of "progress" -- El señor presidente's liberal city and the modern -- The effects of a fragmented narrative : community and alienation in the city -- Pt. III. The nation : the nation in a global economy -- Totalizing narratives written from the margin : Julio Escoto's Rey del Albor, Madrugada -- Pt. IV. The other : negotiating spaces for cultural difference -- Defining a space of shared cultural identity : the Pan-Maya cultural movement in Guatemala -- Conclusion.
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Central American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.