Locklin, Blake S.2016-09-242016-09-242010-06-301536-1837http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/19678This paper demonstrates specific ways in which theoretical critiques of orientalism are relevant to Spanish America while providing historical, literary, and theoretical analyses of the region’s varied positions in relation to Asia. Orientalist moments in works by Rubén Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, and others illustrate ways in which authors have mapped the complex connections between Spanish America and Asia.en-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeArticle