Lickorish Quinn, K orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-8279 (Cover date: March 2022) A Confluence of Counterhistories: Reflections on Excavating Lost Stories through a Nation-Building Novel. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 20 (1). pp. 14-38. ISSN 1479-4012
Abstract
During the earliest days of the transatlantic encounter, the nation now called Peru was being formed by the contributions of people from three continents: Europe, South America, and Africa. The imaginary of the Peruvian nation, however, has tended to focus on a dual Inca-Hispanic heritage and bury the stories that lie outside this narrative. In this paper, I reflect on my motivation and practice in writing my novel about the process of nation-building in Peru. This novel, titled The Dust Never Settles, is my attempt to excavate and privilege untold counterhistories and subjugated knowledges and, as I reflect in this essay, could be understood as a performance of my own cultural identity as a Peruvian-British writer.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Transatlantic Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Peruvian history; Counterhistory; Historical fiction; Creative writing; Nation-building |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2022 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s42738-022-00088-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185348 |