Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 49, Issue 1-2 (2016)

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The Brazilian Backlands: Literature, Film, Music, Art

Editor's Note

Editor's Note
Daniel Shapiro
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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In Memoriam

Gregory Rabassa, Eternal Master
Nélida Piñon
Pages: 4-7
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Introduction

Introduction
The Brazilian Backlands: Journey through an Imagined Geography
Elizabeth Lowe
Pages: 8-14
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Articles

Article
Euclides da Cunha and the José de Alencar Tradition
Luiz Fernando Valente
Pages: 15-21
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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A Stone in Brazil’s Shoe: The Dystopian Northeast in the Brazilian National Imaginary
Glen S. Goodman
Pages: 22-28
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Women, Bandits, and Power in the Brazilian Northeast: Rachel de Queiroz
Renata Ruth M. Wasserman
Pages: 29-34
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Backlands Bards: From Fine Folk Verse to Lofty Lapidary Lyric
Charles A. Perrone
Pages: 35-42
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Clarice Lispector as a Northeastern Writer
Earl E. Fitz
Pages: 43-48
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Echoes of the Northeast: Luiz Gonzaga and the Soundscape of Música Nordestina
Larry Crook
Pages: 49-55
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The Sertão on Screen: From the Silent Era to the Pernambuco Revival
Darlene J. Sadlier
Pages: 56-64
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Coming and Going: Movement of Folk Art from Brazil’s Backlands
Kimberly L. Cleveland
Pages: 65-71
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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On the Road to Maria Bonita
Victoria Shorr
Pages: 72-76
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Novel/Historical Prose

The Chase
José de Alencar
Pages: 77-81
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From Backlands: The Canudos Campaign
Euclides da Cunha
Pages: 82-84
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From “Barren Lives”
Graciliano Ramos
Pages: 85-89
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From The Hour of the Star
Clarice Lispector
Pages: 90-93
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From Backlands
Victoria Shorr
Pages: 94-96
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Poetry

Poetry
Three Poems
João Cabral de Melo Neto
Pages: 97-101
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Poetry
From Nordestinados
Marcus Accioly
Pages: 102-103
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Poetry
From “The Backlands and I”
Patativa do Assaré
Pages: 104-105
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Poetry
Five Poems
Salgado Maranhão
Pages: 106-112
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Song and Popular Poetry

Two Songs: Lampião and Maria Bonita
Pages: 113-116
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From “The Girl Who Beat Up Her Mother and Was Turned into a Dog”
[“A moça que bateu na mãe e virou cachorra”]
Rodolfo Coelho Cavalcante
Pages: 117-120
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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When Lampeão Met Dioguinho
Antônio Teodoro dos Santos
Pages: 121-127
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Drama

The Act of Our Lady of Mercy
Ariano Suassuna
Pages: 128-147
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Chronicles

Two Chronicles
Luzilá Gonçalves Ferreira
Pages: 148-150
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Short Stories

Isabel
Rachel de Queiroz
Pages: 151-155
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Harvest
Nélida Piñon
Pages: 156-161
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Barren Rich
Marcelino Freire
Pages: 162-166
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Features

Article
“R” is for Rebel: Rosario Ferré (1938–2016)
Aníbal González
Pages: 167-171
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Writing to Resist: Remembering Nivaria Tejera
María Hernández-Ojeda
Pages: 172-175
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Article
The FIL: Thirty Years of Literary and Cultural Legacy
David Unger
Pages: 176-181
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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BimLitFest 2016
Elaine Savory
Pages: 182-185
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From “The Taiga Syndrome”
Cristina Rivera Garza
Pages: 186-192
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From “Ana Is Smiling”
Denise Phe-Funchal
Pages: 193-195
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The Last Perfect Day
Javier Mosquera Saravia
Pages: 196-200
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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From “Hurricane Neruda”
Pedro Mir
Pages: 201-205
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The Complete Stories
Earl E. Fitz
Pages: 206-207
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Woman in Battle Dress
Enrico Mario Santí
Pages: 208-210
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The Great Latin American Novel
Alfred Mac Adam
Pages: 211-212
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Truce: The Diary of Martín Santomé
Marcos Wasem
Pages: 213-215
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Discreet Hero
Efraín Kristal
Pages: 216-217
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
City of Clowns
Oswaldo Estrada
Pages: 218-219
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Japanese Lover
Bernardita Llanos
Pages: 220-221
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Hugh Hodges
Pages: 222-223
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
Leaving Atlantis
Elaine Savory
Pages: 224-225
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Lost Child
Josephine Arnold
Pages: 226-227
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Weight of the Island: Selected Poems of Virgilio Piñera
Thomas F. Anderson
Pages: 228-230
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
D.H. Figueredo
Pages: 231-232
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Story of My Teeth
Jaime Manrique
Pages: 233-234
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Mastermind
Nicholas Birns
Pages: 235-236
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
The Guilty
Oswaldo Zavala
Pages: 237-239
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Sudden Death
Pedro Ángel Palou
Pages: 240-241
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The Child Poet
Steven F. White
Pages: 242-243
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
Incidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems
Julio Marzán
Pages: 244-245
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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The School of Solitude: Collected Poems
Gregary J. Racz
Pages: 246-248
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Book Review
Masculinity after Trujillo: The Politics of Gender in Dominican Literature
Sharina Maillo-Pozo
Pages: 249-251
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 17 Feb 2017
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