This book contextualizes 21st century representations of disappearance, torture, and detention within a historical framework of inter-American narratives. Examining a range of sources, Pitt finds a persistent focus on the body that links contemporary practices of political terror to concerns about corporality and sovereignty.

Autorentext
KRISTIN E. PITT Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Disappearing Citizens Buried Citizens: Landing a Nation in José de Alencar and Nathaniel Hawthorne Lost Citizens: Memory and Mourning in William Faulkner and Elena Garro Tortured Citizens: Terror and Dissidence in Luisa Valenzuela and Edwidge Danticat Postscript: Dissapperaing Threats: Reflections on Security, Immigration, and Detention