, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Book Titles No access
The Animal Other in Narratives of Conquest
Uncanny Encounters
Authors:
Publisher:
2023
Summary
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.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-4867-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-4868-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
150
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
“This Is My Forest!” No access Pages 1 - 18
“The Falcon Devoured Its Nest” No access Pages 19 - 26
Emptying Montezuma’s Zoo No access Pages 27 - 46
Conquest, Cannibalism, and the Comedia No access Pages 47 - 58
Uncanny Encounters No access Pages 59 - 68
“Jaguar Is Your Real Name” No access Pages 69 - 82
Monsters at the Edge of the World No access Pages 83 - 102
“Reconquer Your Illusion” No access Pages 103 - 116
