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Cuban Women Writers: Imagining a Matria 2011 Edition
Contributor(s): Betancourt, M. (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Translator)
ISBN: 023060658X     ISBN-13: 9780230606586
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $52.24  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: June 2011
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Annotation: This book examines women's writings in relation to language, power, sexuality, and race in contemporary Cuba, analyzing the creation of alternative "matria" frameworks that enunciate a feminist/feminine perspective of the nationalist discourse. Camara-Betancourt discusses four Cuban writers: Ofelia Rodriguez Acosta, Lydia Cabrera, Maria Elena Cruz Varela, and Zoe Valdes.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 860.992
LCCN: 2007050073
Series: New Concepts in Latino American Cultures
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 191 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Cultural Region - Latin America
 
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Betancourt examines women's writings in relation to language, power, sexuality and race in contemporary Cuba, analyzing the creation of alternative matria frameworks that enunciate a feminist/feminine perspective of the nationalist discourse.