Primitivismo y modernismo

Estos relatos muestran parte importante de la realidad de las mujeres mexicanas, de una manera sumamente interesante, profunda y comprensible. Mujeres de Oriente Aquí se reúnen las historias de 17 internas en el Reclusorio Femenil Oriente donde impera la denuncia, el enjuiciamiento y la revelación; cada uno de los testimonios responde valientemente a la pregunta que se formula todo aquel que se halla libre: ¿Cómo será la vida en la cárcel? Estos relatos nacieron en el taller de Creación Literaria que ha impartido la escritora Josefina Estrada en dicho reclusorio. Mujeres de Oriente...

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

"Although there are other works on the linguistic interactions between the English and Spanish languages inside the Cuban community in the Greater Miami area, this book is an all encompassing study that lets us see where the language stands today, using recent trends that also let us project what will occur to the Spanish language in the near future.. At the same time, the book offers a clear picture, using current statistics, of what the Cuban community in Miami has accomplished in just four decades."

The book, unique in its kind, includes a total of 28 writers representative of 13 different Latin American countries, from those who are part of the canon such as Isabel Allende, Gioconda Belli, Liliana Heker, Nancy Morejon, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, and Julia de Burgos to emergent voices, such as Cecilia Bustamante, Rosina Valcarcel, and Gladys Ilarregui. This anthology will be the perfect text to give an overview of contemporary poetry and short story by leading Latin American women writers. The range of countries...