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Colonial encounters in New World writing, 1500-1786 : performing America

Castillo, Susan P. 1948- (Author).

Summary: "This pioneering study examines the extraordinary proliferation of polyphonic or 'multi-voiced' texts in the three centuries following the first contact between Europeans and indigenous peoples of the Americas. These plays, printed dialogues, travel narratives, and lexicographic studies, in English, Spanish and French, reverberate with a cacophony of voices as both European and indigenous writers of the early Americas stage the interaction of their cultures." "Tracing the dynamic enactment of (often conflictive) encounters between differing local narratives, Castillo presents polyphonic texts not only as a singularly useful tool for exploring what initially seemed inexpressible or for conveying controversial ideas, but also, crucially, as the site where cultural difference is negotiated. Offering unprecedented linguistic and historical range, through the analysis of texts from Spain, France, New Spain, Peru, Brazil, New England and New France, her volume is an important advance in the study of early American literature and the writings of colonial encounter."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN: 0203569326 (e-book)
ISBN: 0415316073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0415316065 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780203569320 (e-book)
ISBN: 9780415316071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780415316064 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 276 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-270) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction -- 2. Performing God and Mammon -- 3. Performing history -- 4. Performing the noble savage -- 5. Performing the Creole.