Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest (eBook)

Uncanny Encounters

Stacy Hoult (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
146 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4868-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 authors 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 Nerudas 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Animals in literature • Conquest Animals • Conquest Literature • Latin American Animals • Latin American History
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-4868-9 / 1793648689
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-4868-6 / 9781793648686