Reclaiming Medusa
Subtitle: short stories by comtemporary Puerto Rican women
By: edited and translated by Diana L. Vélez.
Contributors: Vélez, Diana Lourdes.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Short stories, Puerto Rican -- Translations into English.; Puerto Rican fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.; Puerto Rican fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Description: The short stories by contemporary Puerto Rican women in Reclaiming Medusa bring a much-needed perspective to the Latin American literary scene. Creating spaces in which the socially prescribed "woman's place" is questioned, problematized, and often subverted, these narratives reclaim women's lost power in ways that are subtle, complex, and sometimes startling.

From within their colonial setting, the writers challenge racism, machismo and especially marianismo - that behavioral code which elevates women to a virgin's pedestal wherein they are immobilized and kept from making their own history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.