Transatlantic Topographies: Islands, Highlands, Jungles Volume 17

ISBN-13: 9780816642243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 288 str.

Ileana Rodriguez

Opis

After introducing the concept of tierra (land) as cultural as well as natural geography, Rodriguez (Spanish literatures and cultures, Ohio State U.) traces cross-cultural misunderstandings of the representation of American space that have had dire consequences historically. She examines the Carribean Islands as paradise, their transition to a hell