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BL
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949637
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b704007
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| Main Entry
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Trigo, Benigno.
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| Title & Author
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Remembering maternal bodies : : melancholy in Latina and Latin American women's writing /\ Benigno Trigo.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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New concepts in Latino American cultures.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 205 pages)
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| ISBN
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1403983380
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1281365599
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1403964696
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1403983380
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9781281365590
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9781403964694
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
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| Contents
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The Mother Tongue * Transformative Witnessing * Maternal Jouissance * Labile Time * Memoirs for the Abject * Accidents of Chicana Feminisms * Body, Language and Memory.
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Transformative witnessing: Clarice Lispector's dark ties -- Maternal jouissance: Elena Garro's Recuerdos -- The mother tongue: Rosario Ferré's ec-centric writing -- Accidents of chicana feminisms: Norma Alarcón, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Cherríe Moraga -- Memoirs for the abject: Irene Vilar's Memoria -- From revenge to redemption: Julia Alvarez's Open secrets.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Hispanic American women authors-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Latin American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Melancholy in literature.
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Mothers in literature.
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Écrits de femmes américains-- Histoire et critique.
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Écrits de femmes latino-américains-- Histoire et critique.
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Femmes dans la littérature.
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Littérature américaine-- Auteurs américains d'origine latino-américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature latino-américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature latino-américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Maternité dans la littérature.
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Mélancolie dans la littérature.
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Hispanic American women authors.
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Latin American literature-- Women authors.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- Spanish Portuguese.
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Melancholy in literature.
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Mothers in literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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860.809287
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| LC Classification
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PQ7081.5.T754 2006eb
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