Title Cuban Women Writers : Imagining a Matria

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages) Series New Directions in Latino American Cultures New directions in Latino American cultures. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; A Polyphonic Introduction; 1 The Feminist Discourse of Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta: Garzona or Espartana?; 2 Lydia Cabrera: Along the Paths of Cryptomemory; 3 Cassandra's Calling: The Poetics of Convocation in the Works of María Elena Cruz Varela; 4 From the Baroque to Postmodernism: Parody of the Picaresque in La nada cotidiana, by Zoé Valdés; 5 In/Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Betancourt examines women's writings in relation to language, power, sexuality and race in contemporary Cuba, analyzing the creation of alternative matria frameworks that enunciate a feminist/feminine perspective of the nationalist discourse Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Cuban literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Cuban literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Feminist literary criticism -- Cuba Cuban literature Cuban literature -- Women authors Feminist literary criticism Cuba Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Frye, David ISBN 9780230614666 0230614663

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