Practicing Memory in Central American Literature

1. Introduction: Covering the Mouth of Silence
Nicole Caso

Part I. The Isthmus

2. The Dubious Strait
Nicole Caso

3. The Wounds of 1954
Nicole Caso

Part II. The City

4. El Señor Presidente’s Liberal City and the Modern Scriptural Economy
Nicole Caso

5. The Effects of a Fragmented Narrative: Community and Alienation in the City
Nicole Caso

Part III. The Nation The Nation in a Global Economy

6. Totalizing Narratives Written from the Margin: Julio Escoto’s Rey del Albor, Madrugada
Nicole Caso

Part IV. The Other Negotiating Spaces for Cultural Difference

7. Defining a Space of Shared Cultural Identity: The Pan-Maya Cultural Movement in Guatemala
Nicole Caso

8. Conclusion
Nicole Caso

Keywords: Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Latin American Culture, Literary History, Twentieth-Century Literature, Ethnicity Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights