The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4867-9 (ISBN)
The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest: Uncanny Encounters investigates the functions of nonhuman animal imagery in diverse narratives of the Conquest of the Americas. The author's explications of film, poetry, literary and popular fiction, and theme park spaces draw on postcolonial and animal theory, deconstructive and Freudian literary criticism, and radical social theory. She argues that animals in these texts function on two levels: while they play a key role in the development of both Indigenous and European characters, depictions of their treatment and symbolic charge consistently work to disrupt narratives that seek to present the Conquest as a mutually beneficial "encounter" between two cultures. The close readings of animal imagery in texts ranging from Pablo Neruda's poetry to the animated film The Road to El Dorado represent a fresh approach to questions surrounding the depictions of Indigenous Americans and the motivations, tactics, and lasting contributions of the invading culture.
Stacy Hoult is professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Valparaiso University.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. “This Is My Forest!”: Indigenous Animals in Apocalypto
Chapter 2. “The Falcon Devoured Its Nest”: Animals in Poetic Responses to the Conquest of the Americas
Chapter 3. Emptying Montezuma’s Zoo: The Conquest of the Animal Other in Malinche
Chapter 4. Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia: The Predatory Instinct in El entenado
Chapter 5. Uncanny Encounters: New World Creatures in The Road to El Dorado
Chapter 6. “Jaguar Is Your Real Name”: Performing Animality in Isabel Allende’s City of the Beasts
Chapter 7. Monsters at the Edge of the World: The Nonhuman Conquest in Books for Young Children
Chapter 8. “Reconquer Your Illusion”: Gamifying the Encounter at Isla Mágica
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-4867-0 / 1793648670 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-4867-9 / 9781793648679 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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