What is the relationship between history and fiction in a place with a contentious past? And of what concern is gender in the telling of stories about that past? "Writing Women in Central America" explores these questions as it considers key Central American texts. This study analyzes how authors appropriate history to confront the rhetoric of the state, global economic powers, and even dissident groups within their own cultures. Laura Barbas-Rhoden winds a common thread in the literary imaginations of Claribel Alegria, Rosario Aguilar, Gioconda Belli, and Tatiana Lobo and shows how these...
What is the relationship between history and fiction in a place with a contentious past? And of what concern is gender in the telling of stories about...
"A welcome and needed contribution to the global dialogues dedicated to the environment. It also highlights the importance authors of fiction play in denouncing abuses and practices within countries in which critiques of government policies can lead to persecution and ostracism."--Mary Ann Gosser Esquilin, Florida Atlantic University From the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Amazon to the windswept lands of Tierra del Fuego, Laura Barbas-Rhoden discusses the natural settings within contemporary Latin American novels as they depict key moments of environmental change or crisis in the...
"A welcome and needed contribution to the global dialogues dedicated to the environment. It also highlights the importance authors of fiction play ...
