Mapping the Amazon: Territory, Identity, and Modernity in the Literatures of Peru and Brazil (1900-1930)

Mapping the Amazon: Territory, Identity, and Modernity in the Literatures of Peru and Brazil (1900-1930)

My dissertation proposes a comprehensive study of the politics of representing the Amazonian territory in literature and culture. Using the context of the Amazonian rubber boom (1879-1912) and its aftermaths in Peru and Brazil, my research evaluates how the Amazon Basin became the focus of political...

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Main Author: Torres Nunez, Cinthya Evelyn
Other Authors: Sommer, Doris
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
Subjects:
Latin American literature
Latin American history
Comparative literature
Amazon
Identity
Indigenous Studies
Modernity
Rubber Boom
Territory
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11487
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274301

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http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11487
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274301

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