| Writing Toward Hope: The Literature Of Human Rights In Latin America Contributor(s): Agosin, Marjorie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300109423 ISBN-13: 9780300109429 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 Annotation: Broadly based on the theme of human rights in Latin America," Writing Toward Hope" is an anthology of contemporary literature--fiction, essays, plays, poems--by some of the most prominent and well-known Latin American writers of the 20th century. Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme, such as torture, exile, and women's roles in Latin America. The selections capture the creativity and expression borne out of the various social and political struggles that took place in Latin America during the 20th century. Writers such as Pablo Neruda, Isabel Allende, Nancy Morejon, Jacobo Timerman, Reinaldo Arenas, Elena Poniatowska, and Ariel Dorfman weigh in on issues of human rights and social justice in Latin America today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Spanish |
| Dewey: 860.935 |
| LCCN: 2006044640 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (2.13 lbs) 672 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Broadly based on the theme of human rights in Latin America, Writing Toward Hope is an anthology of contemporary literature--fiction, essays, plays, poems--by some of the most prominent and well-known Latin American writers of the 20th century. Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme, such as torture, exile, and women's roles in Latin America. The selections capture the creativity and expression borne out of the various social and political struggles that took place in Latin America during the 20th century. Writers such as Pablo Neruda, Isabel Allende, Nancy Morej n, Jacobo Timerman, Reinaldo Arenas, Elena Poniatowska, and Ariel Dorfman weigh in on issues of human rights and social justice in Latin America today. |