Trauma, Memory and Identity in Five Jewish Novels from the Southern Cone
Trauma, Memory and Identity in Five Jewish Novels from the Southern Cone

Author: Debora Cordeiro Rosa

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0739172980

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The Jewish presence in Latin America has produced a remarkable body of literature that gives voice to the fascinating experience of Jews in Latin American lands. This book explores how trauma and memory influence the formation of Jewish identity for the fictional Jewish characters of five novels written by Jewish authors born in the Southern Cone.

Decadent Modernity
Decadent Modernity

Author: Michela Coletta

Publisher: Liverpool Latin American Studi

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1786941317

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How did Latin Americans represent their own countries as modern? Through a comparative analysis of Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, the book investigates four themes that were central to definitions of Latin American modernity at the turn of the twentieth century: race, the autochthonous, education, and aesthetics.