Adam Lifshey: 4 books
by Adam Lifshey
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
As Green as Paradise is a lyrical weave of a governor's story, once a conquistador. It is a tale of loves lost and dreams unfulfilled, of characters condemned to forge ahead in a world at once old and new.The avocado carver was once a conquistador. This time, though, he aims to arrive in peace,...
The Magellan Fallacy
Globalization and the Emergence of Asian and African Literature in Spanish
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Winner of the 2015 A-Asia/ICAS Africa-Asia Book Prize, a global competition, for the best book in English, French, or Portuguese on any topic linking Asia and Africa.
The Magellan Fallacy argues that literature in Spanish from Asia and Africa, though virtually unknown, reimagines the supposed...
Subversions of the American Century
Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Subversions of the American Century: Filipino Literature in Spanish and the Transpacific Transformation of the United States argues that the moment the United States became an overseas colonial power in 1898, American national identity was redefined across a global matrix. The Philippines, which the...
Specters of Conquest
Indigenous Absence in Transatlantic Literatures
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2010
This book intervenes in transatlantic and hemispheric studies by positing "America" as not a particular country or continent but a foundational narrative, in which conquerors arrive at a shore intent on overwriting local versions of humanity, culture, and landscape with inscriptions of their...