About the Book
National 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.
Foundational Fictions
The National Romances of Latin America
by Doris Sommer (Author)
Price: $38.95 / £33.00
Publication Date: Mar 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 418
ISBN: 9780520082854
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Table of Contents
Preface
1. PART 1: IRRESISTIBLE ROMANCE
PART II: LOVE AND COUNTRY: AN
ALLEGORICAL SPECULATION
2. PLAGIARIZED AUTHENTICITY:
SARMIENTO'S COOPER AND OTHERS
3. AMALIA: VALOR AT HEART AND HOME
4. SAB C'EST MOl
5. 0 GUARANi AND IRACEMA: BRAZIL'S
TWO-FACED INDIGENISM
6. MARiA'S DISEASE: A NATIONAL ROMANCE
(CON)FOUNDED
7. SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE: NATIONAL
NUPTIALS IN CHILE AND MEXICO
8. STARTING FROM SCRATCH: LATE
BEGINNINGS AND EARLY (T)RACES IN
ENRIQUILLO, CUMANDA, AND TABARE
9. LOVE OF COUNTRY: POPULISM'S REVISED
ROMANCE IN LA VORAGINE AND
DONA BARBARA
10. "IT'S WRONG TO BE RIGHT": MAMA BLANCA
ON FATHERLY FOUNDATIONS
Notes
Index
1. PART 1: IRRESISTIBLE ROMANCE
PART II: LOVE AND COUNTRY: AN
ALLEGORICAL SPECULATION
2. PLAGIARIZED AUTHENTICITY:
SARMIENTO'S COOPER AND OTHERS
3. AMALIA: VALOR AT HEART AND HOME
4. SAB C'EST MOl
5. 0 GUARANi AND IRACEMA: BRAZIL'S
TWO-FACED INDIGENISM
6. MARiA'S DISEASE: A NATIONAL ROMANCE
(CON)FOUNDED
7. SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE: NATIONAL
NUPTIALS IN CHILE AND MEXICO
8. STARTING FROM SCRATCH: LATE
BEGINNINGS AND EARLY (T)RACES IN
ENRIQUILLO, CUMANDA, AND TABARE
9. LOVE OF COUNTRY: POPULISM'S REVISED
ROMANCE IN LA VORAGINE AND
DONA BARBARA
10. "IT'S WRONG TO BE RIGHT": MAMA BLANCA
ON FATHERLY FOUNDATIONS
Notes
Index