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Author: Rosario Castellanos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0292770367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a semiotic approach to Rosario Castellanos' writings and includes selections that show the interrelatedness of her work
Author: Rosario Castellanos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-06-28
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0292789890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the depth and range of Castellanos' work. In her introductory essay, "Reading Rosario Castellanos: Contexts, Voices, and Signs," Maureen Ahern presents the first comprehensive study of Castellanos' work as a sign or signifying system. This approach through contemporary semiotic theory unites literary criticism and translation as an integral semiotic process. Ahern reveals how Castellanos integrated women's images, bodies, voices, and texts to feminize her discourse and create a plurality of new signs/messages about women in Mexico. Describing this process in The Eternal Feminine, Castellanos observes, "...it's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves."
Author: Rosario Castellanos
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1998-08-01
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780141180038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions that have taken place since the indigenous people of the area were first conquered by European invaders five hundred years ago. With the panoramic sweep of a Diego Rivera mural, the novel weaves together dozens of plot lines, perspectives, and characters. Blending a wealth of historical information and local detail with a profound understanding of the complex relationship between victim and tormentor, Castellanos captures the ambiguities that underlie all struggles for power. A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction from Mexico’s greatest twentieth-century woman writer, The Book of Lamentations was translated with an afterword by Ester Allen and introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto.
Author: Rosario Castellanos
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 136
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Nine Guardians is crowded with the magic and malice of warring gods and men.
Author: Joanna O'Connell
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-07-22
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0292785429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA member of Mexico's privileged upper class, yet still subordinated because of her gender, Rosario Castellanos became one of Latin America's most influential feminist social critics. Joanna O'Connell here offers the first book-length study of all Castellanos' prose writings, focusing specifically on how Castellanos' experiences as a Mexican woman led her to an ethic of solidarity with the oppressed peoples of her home state of Chiapas. O'Connell provides an original and detailed analysis of Castellanos' first venture into feminist cultural analysis in her essay Sobre cultura feminina (1950) and traces her moral and intellectual trajectory as feminist and social critic. An overview of Mexican indigenismo establishes the context for individual chapters on Castellanos' narratives of ethnic conflict (the novels Balún Canán and Oficio de tinieblas and the short stories of Ciudad Real). In further chapters O'Connell reads Los convidados de agosto,Album de familia, and Castellanos' four collections of essays as developments of her feminist social analysis.
Author: Rosario Castellanos
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in 1960, these stories unfold in the Mexican state of Chiapas—the later site of the Zapatista uprising, and the author addresses controversial questions of power, class, race, and language, giving insight into the historical background of a political struggle still going on today. The complex relationship of conquerors and conquered is explored with masterful writing that earned Rosario Castellanos a permanent place in the literary history of Mexican authors.
Author: Rosario Castellanos
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780820312408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelections of poetry, fiction, and essays by the Mexican poet, novelist, journalist, philosopher and diplomat (1925-1974). Edited, translated, and introduced by Myralyn F. Allgood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Rosario Castellanos
Publisher: Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCastellanos was widely considered Mexico's foremost woman poet. This is anthology of her work in the original Spanish with English translation on facing pages. Palley's introduction provides background and critical analysis of the work.
