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7. The Mercurial Space of “Central” America
New Orleans, Honduras, and the Writing of the Banana Republic
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
- Introduction: Essays Beyond the Nation 1
- 1. Hemispheric Jamestown 18
- 2. The Hemispheric Genealogies of “Race” 36
- 3. “La Famosa Filadelfia” 57
- 4. The Other Country 75
- 5. An American Mediterranean 96
- 6. Expropriating The Great South and Exporting “Local Color” 116
- 7. The Mercurial Space of “Central” America 140
- 8. “I’m the Everybody Who’s Nobody” 166
- 9. The Promises and Perils of U.S. African American Hemispherism 187
- 10. PEN and the Sword 206
- 11. The Hemispheric Routes of “El Nuevo Arte Nuestro” 223
- 12. Memín Pinguín, Rumba, and Racism 249
- 13. “Out of This World” 266
- 14. Of Hemispheres and Other Spheres 294
- 15. The Northern Borderlands and Latino Canadian Diaspora 313
- Afterword: The Times of Hemispheric Studies 328
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 337
- INDEX 341
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
- Introduction: Essays Beyond the Nation 1
- 1. Hemispheric Jamestown 18
- 2. The Hemispheric Genealogies of “Race” 36
- 3. “La Famosa Filadelfia” 57
- 4. The Other Country 75
- 5. An American Mediterranean 96
- 6. Expropriating The Great South and Exporting “Local Color” 116
- 7. The Mercurial Space of “Central” America 140
- 8. “I’m the Everybody Who’s Nobody” 166
- 9. The Promises and Perils of U.S. African American Hemispherism 187
- 10. PEN and the Sword 206
- 11. The Hemispheric Routes of “El Nuevo Arte Nuestro” 223
- 12. Memín Pinguín, Rumba, and Racism 249
- 13. “Out of This World” 266
- 14. Of Hemispheres and Other Spheres 294
- 15. The Northern Borderlands and Latino Canadian Diaspora 313
- Afterword: The Times of Hemispheric Studies 328
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 337
- INDEX 341