Intersections of harm : narratives of Latina deviance and defiance /

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"In this innovative new study, Laura Halperin examines literary representations of harm inflicted on Latinas' minds and bodies, and on the places Latinas inhabit, but she also explores how hope can be found amid so much harm. Analyzing contemporary memoirs and novels by Irene Vilar, Loida...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halperin, Laura, 1974- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: American Literatures Initiative
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Temas:
American literature > Hispanic American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Hispanic American women in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine latino-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Américaines d'origine latino-américaine dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Hispanic American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Hispanic American authors.
American literature > Women authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rape's shadow: seized freedoms in Irene Vilar's The ladies gallery and Impossible motherhood
  • Violated bodies and assaulted landscapes in Loida Maritza Pérez's Geographies of home
  • Madness's material consequences in Ana Castillo's So far from God
  • Artistic aberrance and liminal geographies in Cristina García's Dreaming in Cuban
  • Clamped mouths and muted cries: stifled expression in Julia Alvarez's How the García girls lost their accents
  • Conclusion: hope in the interstices.

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