Ariana Huberman

Gauchos and Foreigners (eBook, PDF)

Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside Ariana Huberman discusses the relationship between the gaucho figure and the "foreigner" in Argentine rural literature. The narratives of William Henry Hudson, Benito Lynch and Alberto Gerchunoff present English scientists and travelers, as well as Jewish and Italian immigrants, in direct contact with the gaucho in the Argentine and Uruguayan countryside. The book shows how the intent to define and translate terms from the national glossary the gaucho, his lifestyle and habitat and from "foreign" cultures, ultimately questions these terms' capacity to represent a specific culture. It traces a series of writing practices that challenge the concepts of "native" and "foreign" as stable categories of representation by conveying identity and culture across multiple linguistic, social and cultural registers. The reading of these unique practices of translation hopes to offer a fresh approach to the multicultural scope of Argentine literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216283041
• Artikelnr.: 75137154

Autorenporträt

Ariana Huberman is visiting associate professor of Spanish at Haverford College

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Gaucho in Argentine History, National Language,
and Landscape
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: W.H. Hudson: A Naturalist's Rendition of the Gaucho
and his Habitat
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Benito Lynch: A Realistic Portrait ofthe Gaucho and
the Pampas
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Alberto Gerchunoff: An Uncomfortable Canon
Chapter 6 Conclusion