How and Why I Write : Redefining Hispanic Women's Writing and Experience.

Herrera Postlewate, Marisa

ISBN 10: 0820468355 / ISBN 13: 9780820468358

Published by Peter Lang, New York / Frankfurt am Main, 2003

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Gr. 8° (235x160 mm). Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures, Vol. 131. 193 p. Hardcover. Sprache: Englisch, USADO / GEBRAUCHT / USED. Recent Spanish and Latin American narratives particularly those written by women have engaged in a renewed identity search. Combining a broad range of genres associated with both fiction and nonfiction, the works of Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Rosa Montero and Soledad Puertolas transgress traditional generic boundaries in order to recreate an identity. Furthermore, the authors place importance on both the writing technique and the story itself. By foregrounding the writing process the authors aim to reconstruct their professional identities as writers while narrating a story. The resulting works provide an insight into the alternatives available to women and writers in the wake of the millennium. Marisa Herrera Postlewate is a native of Madrid, Spain. She received her Ph.D. in humanities with a concentration in modern and contemporary peninsular literature from The University of Texas at Arlington, where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish. She has pub-lished articles on contemporary Spanish narra-tive in scholarly journals. ** 10% DESCUENTO/RABATT/DISCOUNT PRIMAVERA * excl. New German Books * * * * 52,20 (original price 58,00 ) **.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How and Why I Write : Redefining Hispanic Women's Writing and Experience.
• Publisher: Peter Lang, New York / Frankfurt am Main
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820468355
• ISBN 13: 9780820468358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Wie neu
• Weight: 412 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Feminismo

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Synopsis

Recent Spanish and Latin American narratives – particularly those written by women – have engaged in a renewed identity search. Combining a broad range of genres associated with both fiction and nonfiction, the works of Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Rosa Montero and Soledad Puértolas transgress traditional generic boundaries in order to recreate an identity. Furthermore, the authors place importance on both the writing technique and the story itself. By foregrounding the writing process the authors aim to reconstruct their professional identities as writers while narrating a story. The resulting works provide an insight into the alternatives available to women and writers in the wake of the millennium.

About the Author

The Author: Marisa Herrera Postlewate is a native of Madrid, Spain. She received her Ph.D. in humanities with a concentration in modern and contemporary peninsular literature from The University of Texas at Arlington, where she is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish. She has published articles on contemporary Spanish narrative in scholarly journals.