Remembering maternal bodies : melancholy in Latina and Latin American women's writing /

Remembering Maternal Bodies is a collection of essays about the writings of several Latina and Latin American women writers who remember their mothers, and/or challenge our commonly held beliefs about motherhood and maternity, in an effort to stop depression and melancholy. It suggests that the wide...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Trigo, Benigno
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:New concepts in Latino American cultures.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Latin American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Hispanic American women authors > Criticism and interpretation.
Melancholy in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Latin American literature > History and criticism.
Latin American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Hispanic American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Littérature latino-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes latino-américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature latino-américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine latino-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Mélancolie dans la littérature.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Mères dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Women in literature
Motherhood in literature
Latin American literature
American literature > Women authors
American literature > Hispanic American authors
American literature
Hispanic American women authors
Latin American literature > Women authors
Melancholy in literature
Mothers in literature
Computer network resources.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Mother Tongue * Transformative Witnessing * Maternal Jouissance * Labile Time * Memoirs for the Abject * Accidents of Chicana Feminisms * Body, Language and Memory.
  • Transformative witnessing: Clarice Lispector's dark ties
  • Maternal jouissance: Elena Garro's Recuerdos
  • The mother tongue: Rosario Ferré's ec-centric writing
  • Accidents of chicana feminisms: Norma Alarcón, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Cherríe Moraga
  • Memoirs for the abject: Irene Vilar's Memoria
  • From revenge to redemption: Julia Alvarez's Open secrets.

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