The article proposes a discussion of the category of "Central America". It starts from the fact that what characterizes the region is not the territorial, political, linguistic and cultural unity and arrives at the realization that the region's distinctive feature is diversity. In the second part, the article describes the existence of a “Central American writer”, beginning from two recent historical events that have created this figure: the wars of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and the emigration to the United States. Heterogeneity and literature justify the existence of Central America.
Liano, D. J., Centroamérica cultural/literaria: ¿comarca, región, zona, naciones?, in Mackenbach, W. (ed.), Intersecciones y transgresiones: propuestas para una historiografía literaria en Centroamérica, FyG Editores, Guatemala 2008: 51- 66 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/11277]
Centroamérica cultural/literaria: ¿comarca, región, zona, naciones?
Liano, Dante Jose'
2008
Abstract
The article proposes a discussion of the category of "Central America". It starts from the fact that what characterizes the region is not the territorial, political, linguistic and cultural unity and arrives at the realization that the region's distinctive feature is diversity. In the second part, the article describes the existence of a “Central American writer”, beginning from two recent historical events that have created this figure: the wars of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and the emigration to the United States. Heterogeneity and literature justify the existence of Central America.
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