Nosotras

"As much as in other countries, there is a bildungsroman novel in Spanish America like the ones of Güiraldes, Vargas Llosa, and Pacheco. However, less studied is the same genre of novel written by women. Examines growing pains and search for freedom in a patriarchal society in the works of Elena Poniatowska, Rosario Castellanos, Claribel Alegría, Rosario Ferré, and Beatriz Guido. Interesting contribution to the growing body of studies on these writers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Penguin is sick and tired of so much snow and decides he needs a tropical vacation. When he arrives at the beach, he makes a life-long friend that shows him how to play in a warm climate. Penguin gets to return the favor in this adorable picture book when his new pal Crab comes to his icy home.

A partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, algunos movimientos artísticos experimentaron un giro que ha sido nombrado por algunos autores como posmoderno o neosubversivo. En el ámbito de la literatura infantil y juvenil, este cambio puede ser apreciado en su relación con la transformación de la noción de infancia y adolescencia, la ruptura con los estereotipos, el surgimiento de nuevas temáticas y la exploración artística con formatos retadores que solicitan lectores activos. Esta obra introduce al lector en los conceptos básicos del enfoque de los estudios literarios, y analiza la...

PolitÌca / sexualidad shows that during the 1980s a traceable phenomenon in Latin American women's writing is the creation of a knot in which sexuality becomes entangled with politics. Women's writing struggles to create a political reading of the discourse of sexuality and likewise show how political space forces the private sphere to impose itself upon the sexuality of women. At one level of representation, a woman's body is the space where discourse merges the joyful experience of pleasure with the pain of repression. This book is a contribution to the construction of a Latin American...