ABSTRACT
Doubles and Hybrids in Latin American Gothic focuses on a recurrent motif that is fundamental in the Gothic—the double. This volume explores how this ancient notion acquires tremendous force in a region, Latin America, which is itself defined by duplicity (indigenous/European, autochthonous religions/Catholic). Despite this duplicity and at the same time because of it, this region has also generated "mestizaje," or forms resulting from racial mixing and hybridity. This collection, then, aims to contribute to the current discussion about the Gothic in Latin America by examining the doubles and hybrid forms that result from the violent yet culturally fertile process of colonization that took place in the area.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Doubling the Self
chapter 1|13 pages
Scalding Drops on a Naked Eye
chapter 2|14 pages
Monstrous/Wondrous Transformations of the Female Body
chapter 4|13 pages
Knocking at the Door of Your Prison House of History
part II|28 pages
Double Bodies
chapter 6|11 pages
Gothic Queerpos
part III|48 pages
Animals as Doubles
part IV|44 pages
Doubles and Spaces
chapter 11|14 pages
From Sierva María de Todos los Ángeles to María Mandinga
chapter 12|14 pages
Doubles, Specters, and Community Trauma
part V|30 pages
The Double in Film