ISBN:
9783030544669
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Series Statement:
Historical and Cultural Interconnections Between Latin America and Asia Ser.
Series Statement:
Historical and cultural interconnections between Latin America and Asia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gasquet, Axel, 1966 - Argentinean literary orientalism
DDC:
860.93585
Keywords:
Argentine literature-History and criticism
;
Argentine literature History and criticism
;
Electronic books
;
Asien
;
Literatur
;
Rezeption
;
Argentinien
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface to the English Edition -- Contents -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Which East by Way of the South? -- Prolegomena -- What Is Orientalism? -- What Is Argentinean Orientalism? -- The Argentinean Oriental Corpus -- References -- 2 The European Archetype and the Debate on the Eastern Question -- Volney and the Ideologues -- The Palmyra Ruins -- The Ibero-American Path of Les Ruines -- Eastern Despotism -- Consideration on the European Orientalist Model -- References -- Part II The East in the Pampas -- 3 The Romantic Importation of Esteban Echeverría and Juan Bautista Alberdi -- The Genesis of Romanticism and Ibero-American Orientalism -- Esteban Echeverría (1805-1850) -- Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810-1884) -- References -- 4 An Ideological Reading of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- Background -- Caudillismo and Despotism -- Postcards from Algeria -- Erratic Latitudes: The Sahara in the Pampas -- References -- Part III Eastern Prints from Globetrotters, Tourists and Positivists -- 5 The Worldly Splendor of Lucio Victorio Mansilla -- Daybreak in the East: The Generation of 1880, from Sarmiento to Mansilla -- Forbidden Games and Unspeakable Reasons -- Testimonials from the East -- British India -- Navigation on the Red Sea -- Egypt -- African Vengeance and a Brief Turkish Episode -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Judicious Enlightenment of Pastor Servando Obligado -- Pristine Vision of the Middle East -- Interrogating the Ruins -- Babel Is a Mediterranean Port -- Pyramids, Despotism, and Modernity -- Modern Tyranny -- Women Inside and Outside the Harems -- Visit to Syria and Pilgrimage Through Palestine -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Hygienist Modernity of Eduardo Faustino Wilde -- Demolishing Past Ruins -- Racial Prism and Rationalist Conjecture in the Maghreb -- Ceylon or Exotic Eden -- The Middle Empire: Between Hell and Purgatory.
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