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Author

Anderson, Mark D., 1974-

Title Disaster writing : the cultural politics of catastrophe in Latin America / Mark D. Anderson.

Imprint

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	860.93556 An24d 2011	---	Available

Description	x, 241 p. ; 23 cm.
Series	New world studies
	New World studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Approaching disaster -- Disaster and the "New patria" : Cyclone San Zenon 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.
Subject	Latin American literature -- History and criticism.
	Disasters in literature.
	Catastrophes (Geology) in literature.
	Literature and society -- Latin America.
	National characteristics in literature.
ISBN	9780813931975 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
	9780813931968 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	0813931967 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	0813931975 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
	9780813932033 (e-book)
	0813932033 (e-book)