Although not exactly on the student's main focus, there may be something of interest in the following texts: KENWORTHY, Eldon (1995). America/Americas: myth in the making of U.S. policy toward Latin America. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. RICENTO, Thomas (2003). "The discursive construction of Americanism." Discourse & Society, vol. 14 (5). I hope these will help. Huascar Pessali