Redefining Latin American Historical Fiction

1. Introduction: Feminism and Postcolonialism—New Directions in Latin American Historical Fiction
Helene Carol Weldt-Basson

2. Ashes of Izalco: Female Narrative Strategies and the History of a Nation
Patricia Varas

3. In Search of the Absent Revolution: Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá’s Novels of Invented History
Víctor Figueroa

4. The Galleys of History: Mirages and Madness of a Journey
Fernando Burgos

5. Archaeologies of Identity: Revisions of the City and the Nation in Two Novels by Ana Teresa Torres
Elda Stanco

6. Santa Evita, History, Fiction, and Myth: A Narrative from Another Side
Marcelo Coddou

7. Chaos and Simulations of History in Mujer en traje de batalla
Fátima R. Nogueira

8. The Plural History of Memory: A Polyphonic Novel by Ángela Hernández
Ester Gimbernat González

9. (In)submissive Imaginaries in the Contemporary Brazilian Historical Novel: A Reading of Um defeito de cor by Ana Maria Gonçalves
Maria Josele Bucco Coelho

10. El sueño del celta: Postcolonial Vargas Llosa
Helene Carol Weldt-Basson

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Latin American Culture, Twentieth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Literature, general, Gender Studies, Literary History