Karen M Gagne
Biographic Data
| ID | 2074879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen M Gagne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen M |
| FAMILY NAME | Gagne |
| SIGNATURE | GAGNE K M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Falling in Love with Indians: The Metaphysics of Becoming America
ROBERTO FERNANDEZ RETAMAR ARGUES IN CALIBAN AND OTHER ESSAYS (1989) that the image of the Carib/cannibal, a "bestial man situated on the margins of civilization," is contrasted with that of the Arawak/Taino, the peaceful, meek, and even timorously cowardly native. This Taino, he writes, would be transformed into the paradisiacal inhabitant of a utopian world—as in the world of Thomas More in 1516. Further, this notion of an Edenic creature would …
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Falling in Love with Indians: The Metaphysics of Becoming America
ROBERTO FERNANDEZ RETAMAR ARGUES IN CALIBAN AND OTHER ESSAYS (1989) that the image of the Carib/cannibal, a "bestial man situated on the margins of civilization," is contrasted with that of the Arawak/Taino, the peaceful, meek, and even timorously cowardly native. This Taino, he writes, would be transformed into the paradisiacal inhabitant of a utopian world—as in the world of Thomas More in 1516. Further, this notion of an Edenic creature would …
Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Bourgeoisie (1 works) · Civilization (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Feudalism (1 works) · Foolishness (1 works) · History (1 works) · Ideology (1 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (1 works)