Kluge Fellow Charlotte Rogers discusses how literary works from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Guyana reinvent the myth of a fabulous city of gold, known as "El Dorado," in today's world, and how in the wake of deforestation and settlement in the Amazon river basin, current writers nostalgically mourn for a time when the region was seen as a place of potential wealth and opportunity.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTng4AlM-ac&feature=youtu.be
Also, see what professor Rogers had to say about Manaus, the World Cup, and Contemporary South American Fiction: http://blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2014/12/charlotte-rogers-kluge-fellow-brazil/
And, last but not least, Dr. Rogers speaks with Astrobiologist David Grinspoon about "The Myth of the Wilderness" http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6504
December 16, 2014