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Lejos de resolver las tensiones y las voces en disenso percibidas a lo largo de toda la obra de Judith Butler, Pamela Abellón y Magdalena De Santo ponen en práctica la premisa de que es precisamente el disenso, la inestabilidad conceptual y el esfuerzo de las interpretaciones lo que mantiene tanto al movimiento feminista como a sus teorías vivas, pujantes y en continuo estado de resignificación. El primer escrito, Espectros beauvoirianos en la obra de Judith Butler, de Abellón, recorre, a partir de la noción derrideana de “espectro”, los rastros que la filosofía francesa ha dejado...

This study examines the cardinal points of Goytisolo's work, the tetralogy Antagonia, and explores his experimentation with multiple techniques. Following a postmodernist/poststructuralist approach, it focuses upon the metaphorical meaning of the labyrinthine structure. The book analyzes the therapeutic qualities that the narrators/protagonists find in their experiences as writers, and also the roles played by various readers, be these real or fictitious. It also examines Goytisolo's deft articulation of straightforward exposition with parody and his criticism of Catalan society.

Offers detailed analyses and reconstructions of Picon's eight novels. Of special significance to modern readers are his conceptions of Spanish history and character, patriotism, and women and sex -- conceptions that for their day may be considered advanced.

This work is premised on the assumption that the time that has transpired since the original exodus after the Cuban Revolution has been sufficient to establish a definable Cuban American literature. This volume, which includes 29 authors writing in Spanish who have lived in the United States since at least 1970, is wide ranging in its aspirations and provides samples of the two fundamental components of Cuban American literature.