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From Amazons to Zombies: Monsters in Latin America (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory)
From Amazons to Zombies Monsters in Latin America - Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory Author:Persephone Braham How did it happen that whole regions of Latin America?Amazonia, Patagonia, the Caribbean?are named for monstrous races of women warriors, big-footed giants and cannibals? Why have Latin America?s intellectuals repeatedly employed monstrous pathologies in describing cultural concerns? Around the world and through history, monsters inhabit human i... more »maginings of discovery and creation, but also degeneration, chaos, and death. Latin America?s most dynamic monsters can be traced to archetypes that are found in virtually all of the world's sacred traditions, but only in Latin America did Amazons, cannibals, zombies and other monsters become enduring symbols of regional history and character.
From Amazons to Zombies situates Latin America?s monsters within world traditions and early modern Spanish culture, and analyses the manifestation of monsters in multiple arenas of postcolonial Latin American discourse. Starting with an extensive description of the origins and implications of the monstrous in the Hispanic world, subsequent chapters offer close analyses of canonical texts in which monsters embody fundamental cultural anxieties concerning nation, race, gender, and modernity.« less