| Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin American Women's Writing 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Trigo, B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403964696 ISBN-13: 9781403964694 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "Remembering Maternal" "Bodies "is a collection of essays about the writings of several Latina and Latin American women writers who remember their mothers, and/or challenge our commonly held beliefs about motherhood and maternity, in an effort to stop depression and melancholy. It suggests that the widespread violent depression and sometimes suicidal melancholy that haunts our culture and society is the result of a terrible fantasy about the way we become ourselves. This fantasy has a matricide at its core, and this matricide will continue to have its depressing effect on us as long as it remains in place and invisible. The authors showcased in this book make visible this fantasy and change it in their works in an effort to bring us out of our depression and melancholy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 860.809 |
| LCCN: 2006296599 |
| Series: New Concepts in Latino American Cultures |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.42" W x 8.52" (0.82 lbs) 205 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Remembering Maternal Bodies is a collection of essays about the writings of several Latina and Latin American women writers who remember their mothers, and/or challenge our commonly held beliefs about motherhood and maternity, in an effort to stop depression and melancholy. It suggests that the widespread violent depression and sometimes suicidal melancholy that haunts our culture and society is the result of a terrible fantasy about the way we become ourselves. This fantasy has a matricide at its core, and this matricide will continue to have its depressing effect on us as long as it remains in place and invisible. The authors showcased in this book make visible this fantasy and change it in their works in an effort to bring us out of our depression and melancholy. |