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Steps under Water
Steps Under Water is a novel drawn from Alicia Kozameh’s experiences as a political prisoner in Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997. Steps Under Water is a novel drawn from Alicia Kozameh’s experiences as a political prisoner in Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of Cali
Ostrich Legs
Partially autobiographical, this is a masterpiece of introspective, linguistically innovative fiction about the relationship between two sisters, one severely handicapped, the other gifted yet overlooked. Mariana is four years older than her sister, Alcira, but Mariana is severely disabled and is slowly dying. Conveying the experience of a physically messy process, this account points out the flaws in adult society through the point-of-view of its child protagonist. At its core, this novel is about the abuse of power and its consequences--whether that abuse is by a government, a parent, or a child.
Women and Power in Argentine Literature
The astonishing talent of Argentine women writers belies the struggles they have faced—not merely as overlooked authors, but as women of conviction facing oppression. The patriarchal pressures of the Perón years, the terror of the Dirty War, and, more recently, the economic collapse that gripped the nation in 2001 created such repressive conditions that some writers, such as Luisa Valenzuela, left the country for long periods. Not surprisingly, power has become an inescapable theme in Argentine women's fiction, and this collection shows how the dynamics of power capture not only the political world but also the personal one. Whether their characters are politicians and peasants, torturers...
Displaced Memories
Displaced Memories analyzes the representation of traumatic memories--political imprisonment, torture, survival, and exile--in the literary works of Alicia Kozameh, Alicia Partnoy, and Nora Strejilevich, survivors of Argentina's "Dirty War" (1976-1983). Beginning with an examination of the history of Argentina's last dictatorship, the conditions that led the authors to exile, and the contexts in which the texts were published, Portela provides the theoretical tools for the understanding of narratives of trauma and displacement caused by political violence. The author proposes a theory that critiques post-structuralist paradigms of trauma, which present trauma as an unclaimed experience impossible to apprehend, as she argues for an analysis of the symbolic uses of language, presenting trauma as a claimed experience that can be brought into representation and therefore create the conditions of possibility for working through.
The Little School
One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared," Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals. The Little School is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables, The Little School is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing powers of art. This second edition features a revised introduction by the author and a preface by Julia Alvarez.
Passion, Memory, and Identity
A lively analysis of the major contribution of Jewish women writers in Latin America.
A Companion to US Latino Literatures
A panorama of literature by Latinos, whether born or resident in the United States.
In the Crossfire of History
This book incorporates literary works, testimonies, autobiographies, women's resistance movements, and films that add to the conversation on the resilience of women in the global south. The essays question historical accuracy and politics of representation that usually undermine women's role during conflict, and they reevaluate how women participated, challenged, sacrificed, and vehemently opposed war discourses that work on obliterating women's role in shaping resistance movements.
A Study Guide for Liliana Heker's "The Stolen Party"
A Study Guide for Liliana Heker's "The Stolen Party", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
Observations
Die vorliegende Festschrift zu Ehren von Klaus-Dieter Ertler vereint Beobachtungen von internationalen Forscherinnen und Forschern der Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften zu den spezifischen Schwerpunkten des Jubilars, allen voran den Moralischen Wochenschriften und der Kanadistik. Die 27 Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes nähern sich Ertlers sprachlich und kulturell weit verzweigten Interessen aus unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven und ermöglichen wertvolle Einblicke in romanistische sowie darüber hinausgehende Forschungsbereiche.
