Nature Fantasies: Decolonization and Biopolitics in Latin America (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory)

By: Gabriel Horowitz

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Synopsis: In this original study, Gabriel Horowitz examines the work of select nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American writers through the lens of contemporary theoretical debates about nature, postcoloniality, and national identity. In the work of José Martí, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Jorge Luis Borges, Augusto Roa Bastos, Cesar Aira, and others, he traces historical constructions of nature in regional intellectual traditions and texts as they inform political culture on the broader global stage. By investigating national literary discourses from Cuba, Argentina, and Paraguay, he identifies a common narrative thread that imagines the utopian wilderness of the New World as a symbolic site of independence from Spain. In these texts, Horowitz argues, an expressed desire to return to the nation’s foundational nature contributed to a movement away from political and social engagement and toward a “biopolitical state,” in which nature, traditionally seen as pre-political, conversely becomes its center.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 176 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781684484997
Related ISBNs:: 9781684485000, 9781684485017
Publisher:: Bucknell University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/13/23
Copyrighted By:: Gabriel Horowitz
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Language Arts, Politics and Government
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.