Title House/garden/nation : space, gender, and ethnicity in post-colonial Latin American literatures by women / Ileana Rodríguez ; translated by Robert Carr and Ileana Rodríguez

Published Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) Series Post-contemporary interventions Post-contemporary interventions. Contents Transitions: Modernism/Modernity -- Teresa de la Parra: Hacienda/Nation -- Quid pro quo -- Dulce Maria Loynaz: Garden/Nation -- Parva domus: Magna quies -- Jean Rhys: Island/Nation -- Hortus conclusus -- Simone Schwarz-Bart: Provision grounds/Nation -- Et in arcadia ego -- Gioconda Belli: Urban house/Nation -- Domi nostre Summary How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista's electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorro, located at the center. The election signaled the end of one transition and the beginning of another, with Woman somewhere on the border between the neo-liberal and marxist projects. It is such transitions that Ileana Rodríguez takes up here, unraveling their weave of gender, ethnicity, and nation as it is revealed in literature written by women. In House/Garden/Nation the narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers illustrate these times of tr Analysis Literature By Women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-215) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd Subject Caribbean literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Caribbean literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Women and literature -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century Feminism and literature -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century Postcolonialism in literature. Decolonization in literature. State, The, in literature. Ethnicity in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. Caribbean literature Caribbean literature -- Women authors Decolonization in literature Ethnicity in literature Feminism and literature Postcolonialism in literature State, The, in literature Women and literature Frauenliteratur Schriftstellerin Politik Littérature antillaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critiques. Femmes et littérature -- Région caraïbe -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. Féminisme et littérature -- Région caraïbe -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. Ethnicité -- Dans la littérature. Littérature antillaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Décolonisation dans la littérature. Littérature et État. Caribbean Area Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Carr, Robert, translator LC no. 93042502 ISBN 9780822381877 0822381877

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