Gender and the Self in Latin American Literature

This book explores six texts from across Spanish America in which the coming-of-age story ('Bildungsroman') offers a critique of gendered selfhood as experienced in the region's socio-cultural contexts. Looking at a range of novels from the late twentieth century, Staniland explores thematic concerns in terms of their role in elucidating a literary journey towards agency: that is, towards the articulation of a socially and personally viable female gendered identity. Myth, exile and the female body are the central themes for understanding the personal, social and political aims of the women writers analysed in this volume: Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Ángeles Mastretta, Sylvia Molloy, Cristina Peri Rossi and Zoé Valdés.

Table des matières

Introduction: Mapping the Journey: Cultural, Generic and Theoretical Contexts Part 1: Archetype, Fairy Tale, Myth 1. Como agua para chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1984) 2.Eva Luna by Isabel Allende Part 2: Deconstruction: Exile and Gender 3. La nave de los locos/The Ship of Fools by Cristina Peri Rossi 4. En breve cárcel/Certificate of Absence by Sylvia Molloy Part 3: The Female Body and Agency 5. Arráncame la vida/Tear This Heart Out/Mexican Bolero by Ángeles Mastretta 6. La nada cotidiana/Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada by Zoé Valdés

A propos de l'auteur

Emma Staniland is a Teaching Fellow in Spanish American Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research interests include Spanish American women's writing, Latino/a culture and literature with a particular focus on US writers with roots in the Hispanic Caribbean, genre studies, and feminist literary theory.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Emma Staniland, Staniland Emma
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.02.2018
• EAN: 9781138547674
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54767-4
• Pages: 252
• Thème: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Anthologies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / Hispanic & Latino, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity