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- Book Title
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Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813942659
ISBN-13
9780813942650
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3038844257
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mourning El Dorado : Literature and Extractivism in the Contemporary American Tropics
Subject
Caribbean & Latin American, Mining, Environmental Conservation & Protection, General, American / General, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Nature, Technology & Engineering
Series
New World Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
24.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-048230
Dewey Edition
23
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This is a text of enormous value because it supports a dialogue between the texts proposed for review with multiple references to novels of the tropics; it is a text with an enormous wealth of references that discusses how capitalist modernity used and managed El Dorado as a horizon of utopia from which to legitimize the process of destruction of tropical ecosystems. It remains only to congratulate the author and to continue to follow the narrative paths she shows us, with a text that should be a reference for future research in cultural studies and environmental history. -- Antonio Ortega Santos, University of Granada, This is a text of enormous value because it supports a dialogue between the texts proposed for review with multiple references to novels of the tropics; it is a text with an enormous wealth of references that discusses how capitalist modernity used and managed El Dorado as a horizon of utopia from which to legitimize the process of destruction of tropical ecosystems. It remains only to congratulate the author and to continue to follow the narrative paths she shows us, with a text that should be a reference for future research in cultural studies and environmental history., The five novels discussed in this study shed a brand new light on the legacies of the myth of El Dorado in Latin American literatures. Rogers goes beyond the idea that the legend of El Dorado was debunked by the Enlightenment and demonstrates that there is an obvious link between colonial and contemporary times. This is a strong line of investigation which resonates with the most recent debates in Latin American scholarship., Rogers (Spanish, Univ. of Virginia) presents manifestations of the illusionary perception and quest for emotional and monetary riches through the removal of resources in the tropical forest as seen in works by five Latin American writers: Alejo Carpentier's Los pasos perdidos (1953), Wilson Harris's The Secret Ladder (1963), Mario Vargas Llosa's La casa verde (1966), Álvaro Mutis's La nieve del almirante (1986), and Milton Haloum's Órfãos do Eldorado (2008).... Highly recommended. -- CHOICE, "The five novels discussed in this study shed a brand new light on the legacies of the myth of El Dorado in Latin American literatures. Rogers goes beyond the idea that the legend of El Dorado was debunked by the Enlightenment and demonstrates that there is an obvious link between colonial and contemporary times. This is a strong line of investigation which resonates with the most recent debates in Latin American scholarship." -- Fabienne Viala, University of Warwick, author of The Post-Columbus Syndrome: Identities, Cultural Nationalism and Commemorations in the Caribbean
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
860.998
Table Of Content
Introduction 1.From Native Legend to Fictional Motif: A Brief Literary History of El Dorado 2. The Lost Steps to El Dorado: Tracing the Transformation of the Venezuelan Landscape in Alejo Carpentier?s Los pasos perdidos 3. 'City of God, City of Gold': Mystical Ecology and Environmental Exploitation in Wilson Harris's The Secret Ladder 4. Trauma in the Tropics: Reconsidering Mario Vargas Llosa?s La casa verde 5. The 'Golden Halo': Adventure and Extractivism in Alvaro Mutis's La Nieve del Almirante 6. Between Encante and Manoa: Creative Mourning and Critical Nostalgia in Milton Hatoum?s Órfãos do Eldorado Conclusion: Beyond the Promise of El Dorado?
Synopsis
Looks at how fiction from the American tropics written since 1950 engages with the promise of El Dorado in the age of the Anthropocene. Just as the golden kingdom was never found, natural resource extraction has not produced wealth and happiness for the peoples of the tropics., What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the reckless pursuit of illusory wealth. The search for gold in South America during the colonial period inaugurated the "promise of El Dorado"--the belief that wealth and happiness can be found in the tropical forests of the Americas. That assumption has endured over the course of centuries, still evident in the various modes of natural resource extraction, such as oil drilling and mining, that characterize the region today. Mourning El Dorado looks at how fiction from the American tropics written since 1950 engages with the promise of El Dorado in the age of the Anthropocene. Just as the golden kingdom was never found, natural resource extraction has not produced wealth and happiness for the peoples of the tropics. While extractivism enriches a few outsiders, it results in environmental degradation and the subjugation, displacement, and forced assimilation of native peoples. This book considers how the fiction of five writers--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Álvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--criticizes extractive practices and mourns the lost illusion of the forest as a place of wealth and happiness., What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the reckless pursuit of illusory wealth. The search for gold in South America during the colonial period inaugurated the "promise of El Dorado"?the belief that wealth and happiness can be found in the tropical forests of the Americas. That assumption has endured over the course of centuries, still evident in the various modes of natural resource extraction, such as oil drilling and mining, that characterize the region today. Mourning El Dorado looks at how fiction from the American tropics written since 1950 engages with the promise of El Dorado in the age of the Anthropocene. Just as the golden kingdom was never found, natural resource extraction has not produced wealth and happiness for the peoples of the tropics. While extractivism enriches a few outsiders, it results in environmental degradation and the subjugation, displacement, and forced assimilation of native peoples. This book considers how the fiction of five writers?Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, Álvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum?criticizes extractive practices and mourns the lost illusion of the forest as a place of wealth and happiness., What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the reckless pursuit of illusory wealth. The search for gold in South America during the colonial period inaugurated the "promise of El Dorado"--the belief that wealth and happiness can be found in the tropical forests of the Americas. That assumption has endured over the course of centuries, still evident in the various modes of natural resource extraction, such as oil drilling and mining, that characterize the region today. Mourning El Dorado looks at how fiction from the American tropics written since 1950 engages with the promise of El Dorado in the age of the Anthropocene. Just as the golden kingdom was never found, natural resource extraction has not produced wealth and happiness for the peoples of the tropics. While extractivism enriches a few outsiders, it results in environmental degradation and the subjugation, displacement, and forced assimilation of native peoples. This book considers how the fiction of five writers--Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, Mario Vargas Llosa, lvaro Mutis, and Milton Hatoum--criticizes extractive practices and mourns the lost illusion of the forest as a place of wealth and happiness.
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PN849.L29R64 2019
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