
Tropicalizations
Dartmouth College Press
Published on 31. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-0-87451-817-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tropicalization, as the editors define it, "means to trope, to imbue a particular space, geography, group, or nation with a set of traits, images, and values" that are circulated and perpetuated through official texts, history, literature, and the media. With bold strokes, this collection outlines how dominant Anglo cultures have, through traditional colonizing discourses, constructed Latin American and Latinas/os in the US. It also examines how Latina/o writers and artists have internalized, appropriated, and transformed these hegemonic definitions. Focusing on literary and aesthetic production, essays explore topics such as the imbalance of power in the trans-cultural relationship, gender-based myths about Latin America and Latina/o sexuality, tensions inherent in contact zones between cultures, and the tropicalization of Cuba from within the US.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-87451-817-7 (9780874518177)
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