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.
Paying particular attention to performance and performativity in
the texts of the early colonial world, Susan Castillo asks:
- why vast numbers of polyphonic and performative texts emerged in
the Early Americas
- how these texts enabled explorers, settlers, and indigenous
groups to come to terms with radical differences in language,
behavior, and cultural practices
- how dialogues, plays, and paratheatrical texts were used to
impose or resist ideologies and cultural norms
- how performance and polyphony allowed Europeans and Americans to
debate exactly what it meant to be European or American or, in some
cases, both.
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 colonialencounter.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2005 |
| First published: |
2005 |
| Authors: |
Susan Castillo
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-31607-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
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| LSN: |
0-415-31607-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780415316071 |
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