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Introduction. Colonial desire and the anxiety of identification in the new Latin American novel of the conquest
1. Loving cannibalism: cannibalism and colonial desire in Juan José Saer's El entenado
2. Violence and the sacred: idolatry and human sacrifice in Homero Aridjis's Memorias del nuevo mundo
3. Eros and colonization: homosocial colonial desire in Herminio Martínez's Diario maldito de nuño de Guzmán
4. Colonial desire for the Amerindian and converso other in Abel Posse's El largo atardecer del caminante
5. Ambivalence toward converso self and conquered other in Homero Aridjis's 1492 and Memorias del nuevo mundo
Conclusion. Deconstructing the rhetoric of conquest in the new Latin American historical novel.
1. Loving cannibalism: cannibalism and colonial desire in Juan José Saer's El entenado
2. Violence and the sacred: idolatry and human sacrifice in Homero Aridjis's Memorias del nuevo mundo
3. Eros and colonization: homosocial colonial desire in Herminio Martínez's Diario maldito de nuño de Guzmán
4. Colonial desire for the Amerindian and converso other in Abel Posse's El largo atardecer del caminante
5. Ambivalence toward converso self and conquered other in Homero Aridjis's 1492 and Memorias del nuevo mundo
Conclusion. Deconstructing the rhetoric of conquest in the new Latin American historical novel.