Cultural diversity in Latin American literature
By: David William Foster.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Latin American literature -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- Latin America; Marginality, Social -- Latin America; Gays' writings, Latin American -- History and criticism; Children's literature, Latin American -- History and criticism; Children -- Books and reading -- Latin America; Feminism and literature -- Latin America; Argentine drama -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism; Jews -- Latin America -- Intellectual life; Gays -- Latin America -- Intellectual life; Judaism and literature -- Latin America
Description: "Foster continues the same line of study initiated in 1985 with the publication of Alternative voices in the Latin American narrative (see HLAS 48:5657). Questions body of literary criticism devoted exclusively to the study of major Latin American authors. Seeks to broaden understanding of the history of lettered production in Latin America by examining a more diverse body of works. Studies gay culture, children's and women's literature, and Argentine Jewish theater as representative of a national consciousness. Carefully researched and clearly written"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Spanish American and Brazilian literature; title: Some proposals for the study of Latin American gay culture; title: María Elena Walsh : children's literature and the feminist voice; title: Argentine Jewish dramatists.