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Maria Cristina Fumagalli (Ed.) - Surveying the American Tropics - 9781846318900 - V9781846318900
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Surveying the American Tropics

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Description for Surveying the American Tropics Hardcover. A collection of essays from distinguished international scholars that explore the idea of a literary geography of the American Tropics. Editor(s): Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley. Series: American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography. Num Pages: 365 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KL; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
‘American Tropics’ refers to a kind of extended Caribbean, an area that includes the southern USA, the Atlantic littoral of Central America, the Caribbean islands, and northern South America. European colonial powers fought intensively here against indigenous populations and against each other for control of land and resources. The regions in the American Tropics share a history in which the dominant fact is the arrival of millions of white Europeans and black Africans; share an environment that is tropical or sub-tropical; and share a socio-economic model (the plantation), whose effects lasted at least well into the twentieth century.The imaginative space ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Series
American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography
Number of Pages
365
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846318900
SKU
V9781846318900
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About Maria Cristina Fumagalli (Ed.)
Notes on Contributors: María del Pilar Blanco is Lecturer in Latin American Literature and Culture at University College London. Maria Cristina Fumagalli is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. Nina Gerassi-Navarro is Associate Professor of Latin American literature at Tufts University. Susan Gillman is Professor of Literature and American Studies ... Read more

Reviews for Surveying the American Tropics
An often fascinating and always engaging volume which, underpinned by a convincing conceptual framework, combines breadth of scope and detailed textual readings. It will be of great value to a readership drawn from diverse academic disciplines. These essays specifically deal with the establishment of a literary geography of the region. New Literatures Surveying the American Tropics offers a trove of ... Read more

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