Women in Hispanic Literature: Icons and Fallen Idols

by Beth Miller (editor)

The topics covered by this pioneering collection of essays range from peninsular Spanish to Latin American literature, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, and from the subject of women as portrayed in Hispanic literature to the literature of Hispanic women writers. Some pieces present polemical feminist arguments, other are more traditional. All the contributors use their subject to take new stands on old controversies, ask new questions, and reevaluate important aspects of Hispanic literature. While there is ample evidence in these essays of the dual archetype in Hispanic literature of women as icon and woman as fallen idol, the collection reaches beyond these stereotypes to more complex sociological and theoretical concerns. Although such research has ben abundantly pursued by scholars of English and American literature, it has been notably absent from Hispanic studies. This anthology is a comprehensive introduction to its subject and a stimulus to further work in the area. Fernando AlegríaElecta ArenalJulianne BurtonAlan DeyermondRosalie GimenoHarriet GoldbergEstelle IrizarryKathleen KishLuis LealLinda Gould LevineMelveena McKendrickFrancine MasielloBeth MillerElizabeth OrdóñezRachel PhillipsMarcia L. Welles This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

373 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 1983

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[Aya]

I'm not reading the whole book.. just the introduction and a couple of studies.