will to heal
Subtitle: psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers
By: Felicia Lynne Fahey.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826328557
Subjects: Spanish American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Healing in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lifting the weight of terror : disembodiment in Alina Diaconú's El penúltimo viaje; title: Surviving terror : mourning loss in Manuela Fingueret's Hija del silencio; title: Going home : returning from exile in Luisa Valenzuela's La travesía; title: (Un)romancing Mexico : sexual healing in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor; title: Crossing with an angel : spiritual cure in Laura Restrepo's Dulce compañía; title: No way home : traumatic returns in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala letters.