Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin AmericaNational consolidation and romantic novels go hand in hand in Latin America. Foundational Fictions shows how 19th century patriotism and heterosexual passion historically depend on one another to engender productive citizens. |
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Contents
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LOVE AND COUNTRY AN ALLEGORICAL SPECULATION | 26 |
PLAGIARIZED AUTHENTICITY SARMIENTOS COOPER AND OTHERS | 48 |
AMALIA VALOR AT HEART AND HOME | 79 |
SAB CEST MOI | 110 |
O GUARANI AND IRACEMA BRAZILS TWOFACED INDIGENISM | 134 |
MARIAS DISEASE A NATIONAL ROMANCE CONFOUNDED | 171 |
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL NUPTIALS IN CHILE AND MEXICO | 200 |
STARTING FROM SCRATCH LATE BEGINNINGS AND EARLY TRACES IN ENRIQUILLO CUMANDA AND TABARE | 229 |
LOVE OF COUNTRY POPULISMS REVISED ROMANCE IN LA VORAGINE AND DONA BARBARA | 253 |
ITS WRONG TO BE RIGHT MAMA BLANCA ON FATHERLY FOUNDATIONS | 286 |
Notes | 319 |
Index | 399 |
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Page 1 - The classic examples in Latin America are almost inevitably stories of star-crossed lovers who represent particular regions, races, parties, economic interests, and the like. Their passion for conjugal and sexual union spills over to a sentimental readership in a move that hopes to win partisan minds along with hearts.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America Volume 8 of Latin American Literature and Culture |
| Author | Doris Sommer |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0520913868, 9780520913868 |
| Length | 418 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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