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Ambiguity and gender in the new novel of Brazil and Spanish America : a comparative assessment /

In this first book-length study to compare the "new novels" of both Spanish America and Brazil, the authors deftly examine the differing perceptions of ambiguity as they apply to questions of gender and the participation of females and males in the establishment of Latin American narrative...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Payne, Judith A., 1942-
Other Authors: Fitz, Earl E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Ambiguity, Gender Borders, and the Differing LiteraryTraditions of Brazil and Spanish America; Chapter Two: Jungian Theory and the New Novel of Latin America; Chapter Three: The Border Maintained; Chapter Four: The Border Challenged; Chapter Five: The Border Crossed; Chapter Six: The Mythical Hero, Transgressor of Borders; Chapter Seven: Writers, Characters, and the Journey of the Mythical Hero; Chapter Eight: Women and the Word; Conclusion; Notes; Works Consulted; Index.