Autobiography and National Identity in the Americas

by Steven V. Hunsaker

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY in the Americas puts texts from English and French Canada, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, Bolivia, and the United States into a hemispheric dialogue on national and ethnic identity. Drawing on such materials as journals, personal essays, autobiography, and the testimonio, this ambitious book is as comprehensive in its treatment of autobiographical writing as in its geographical coverage. Departing from Benedict Anderson's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813918448
• ISBN13: 9780813918440
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher