Beyond the border

a new age in Latin American women's fiction

Author: Nora Erro-Peralta
Secondary Author: Caridad Silva-Núñez
ISBN: 0939416433

This series seeks to stimulate critical perspectives on diaspora processes in the New World. Representations of "race" and ethnicity, the origins and consequences of nationalism, migratory streams and the advent of transnationalism, the dialectics of "homelands" and diasporas, trade networks, gender relations in immigrant communities, the politics of displacement and exile, and the utilization of the past to serve the present are among the phenomena addressed by original, provocative research in disciplines such as anthropology, history, political science, and sociology.This collection of 15 vibrant short stories showcases a rich and important body of fiction by Latin American women, including acclaimed writers such as Isabel Allende and Luisa Valenzuela as well as dynamic new voices. Ranging across boundaries of geography and gender, the stories deal with a variety of subjects -- incest, race, politics, sexual needs, love, old age, and child abuse -- and incorporate a variety of narra

Publisher: Cleis Press
Publish Date: 1991

Subjects: Literary Collections / Caribbean & Latin American, Literary Criticism / Women Authors, Social Science / Women's Studies, Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Latinx/Chicanx)