Mourning El Dorado: literature and extractivism in the contemporary American tropics

"Considers how the novels of five contemporary writers from the American tropics--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--engage with the legend of El Dorado in light of modern practices for extracting mineral deposits and other natural resources in...

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Main Author: Rogers, Charlotte 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2019
Series:New World studies
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Summary:"Considers how the novels of five contemporary writers from the American tropics--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Alvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--engage with the legend of El Dorado in light of modern practices for extracting mineral deposits and other natural resources in Latin America"--
Physical Description:xiv, 340 Seiten 1 Illustration 24 cm
ISBN:9780813942650
9780813942667

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