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

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Click on the following:
Springer eBooks
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) Series New concepts in Latino American cultures New concepts in Latino American cultures. Contents 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 Summary 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 widespread violent depression and sometimes suicidal melancholy that haunts our culture and society is the result of a terrible fantasy about the way we become ourselves. This fantasy has a matricide at its core, and this matricide will continue to have its depressing effect on us as long as it remains in place and invisible. The authors showcased in this book make visible this fantasy and change it in their works in an effort to bring us out of our depression and melancholy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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. 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 Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403983381 1403983380

  Permalink