{"product_id":"rain-forest-literatures-lucia-sa-9780816643257","title":"Rain Forest Literatures: Amazonian Texts and Latin American Culture Volume 16","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecaptures native literatures of the Amazonian rain forest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative texts of the Amazonian rain forest have been viewed as myth or ethnographic matter--the raw material of literature--rather than as significant works in their own right. But in this unprecedented study, Lúcia Sá approaches indigenous texts as creative works rather than source material. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisclosing the existence and nature of long-standing, rich, and complex Native American literary and intellectual traditions that have typically been neglected or demeaned by literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eRain Forest Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes four indigenous cultural traditions: the Carib, Tupi-Guarani, Upper Rio Negro, and Western Arawak. In each case, Sá considers principal native texts and, where relevant, their publication history. She offers a historical overview of the impact of these texts on mainstream Spanish-American and Brazilian literatures, detailing comparisons with native sources and making close analyses of major instances, such as Mário de Andrade's classic \u003ci\u003eMacunaima\u003c\/i\u003e (1928) and Mario Vargas Llosa's \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller \u003c\/i\u003e(1986). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA redrawing of the lineage of Brazilian and Spanish-American literatures, this book advocates an understanding of the relationships between cultures as a process of \"transculturation\" rather than \"acculturation,\" emphasizing the often-ignored impact of the peripheral culture on the one that assumes dominance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucia Sa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816643253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816643257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.92w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 69","brand":"Lucia Sa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086949069055,"sku":"9780816643257","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eca219b1-9119-4c08-830d-f567b46114d5.jpg?v=1769097427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rain-forest-literatures-lucia-sa-9780816643257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}