Practicing Memory in Central American Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230620360)

Through penetrating analysis of twentieth-century historical fiction from Central America this book asks: why do so many literary texts in the region address historical issues? What kinds of stories are told about the past when authors choose the fictional realm to represent history? Why access memory through fiction and poetry? Nicole Caso traces the active interplay between language, space, and memory in the continuous process of defining local identities through literature. Ultimately, this book looks to the dynamic between form and content to identify potential maps that are suggested in each of these texts in order to imagine possibilities of action in the future.

Author: N. Caso
ISBN-10: 0230620361
ISBN-13: 9780230620360
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d