Colombia’s Forgotten Frontier
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545 g
Format:
241 x 165 x 24 mm
Beschreibung:
The first literary geography of the Putumayo, exploring its history and enduring significance through literature of and on this Colombian region by Latin American, US and European writers.
The first literary geography of this fascinating region of Colombia Explores the work of figures such as William Burroughs and Roger Casement An interdisciplinary book that will be essential reading for scholars in Latin American Studies, postcolonial studies and travel writing studies
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on translations Introduction, Colombia's forgotten frontier 1. Geographies of violence: war correspondence, 1990-2012 2. Green mansions to green hell: travel writing, 1874-1907 3. No-man's land: testimonial literature of the rubber boom 4. 'Exotic strangers': the native body in text and image, 1911 and 1969 5. Frontier fictions: La novela de la selva, 1924 and 1933 6. The frontline: war writing, 1933 7. 'Fragments of things': the aesthetics of yage 8. Oil and blood: pulp fiction of the 21st century Bibliography Index