Doubles and Hybrids in Latin American Gothic (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)

by: Antonio Alcalá González (Editor),Ilse Marie Bussing López (Editor)

Publisher: Routledge

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2019/9/30

Language: English

Print Length: 232 pages

ISBN-10: 0367406330

ISBN-13: 9780367406332

Book Description

Doubles and Hybrids in Latin American Gothicfocuses on a recurrent motif that is fundamental in the Gothic―the double. This volume explores how this ancient notion acquires tremendous force in a region, Latin America, which is itself defined by duplicity (indigenous/European, autochthonous religions/Catholic). Despite this duplicity and at the same time because of it, this region has also generated "mestizaje," or forms resulting from racial mixing and hybridity. This collection, then, aims to contribute to the current discussion about the Gothic in Latin America by examining the doubles and hybrid forms that result from the violent yet culturally fertile process of colonization that took place in the area.

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Doubles and Hybrids in Latin American Gothicfocuses on a recurrent motif that is fundamental in the Gothic―the double. This volume explores how this ancient notion acquires tremendous force in a region, Latin America, which is itself defined by duplicity (indigenous/European, autochthonous religions/Catholic). Despite this duplicity and at the same time because of it, this region has also generated "mestizaje," or forms resulting from racial mixing and hybridity. This collection, then, aims to contribute to the current discussion about the Gothic in Latin America by examining the doubles and hybrid forms that result from the violent yet culturally fertile process of colonization that took place in the area.