The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest : Uncanny Encounters Hardback
by Stacy Hoult
Part of the Ecocritical Theory and Practice series
Hardback
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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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:166 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/06/2023
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- ISBN:9781793648679
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:166 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781793648679
