Women in Contemporary Latin American Novels: Psychoanalysis and Gendered Violenc

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Women, particularly, as part of a globalized labor force, express through their bodies social problems that range from the erotic use of the body in a hypersexualized world, to the body as a receptacle of violence that expresses the death drive.

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This book explores the relationship between psychoanalysis, literary criticism and contemporary literature. Focusing on Latin America, and using examples from Brazilian, Colombian, Chilean, Puerto Rican, and Mexican literature, it provides an important account of why gendered violence occurs and how it is portrayed. In the novels discussed, the protagonists express similar fears, passions and illnesses that are present in contemporary Latin America. Psychoanalysis and literary criticism offer us an interpretative framework to understand these voices, especially those that are in the margin. Women, particularly, as part of a globalized labor force, express through their bodies social problems that range from the erotic use of the body in a hypersexualized world, to the body as a receptacle of violence that expresses the death drive. This book is a fascinating contribution to literary, gender, and cultural studies.

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This book explores the relationship between psychoanalysis, literary criticism and contemporary literature. Focusing on Latin America, and using examples from Brazilian, Colombian, Chilean, Puerto Rican, and Mexican literature, it provides an important account of why gendered violence occurs and how it is portrayed. In the novels discussed, the protagonists express similar fears, passions and illnesses that are present in contemporary Latin America. Psychoanalysis and literary criticism offer us an interpretative framework to understand these voices, especially those that are in the margin. Women, particularly, as part of a globalized labor force, express through their bodies social problems that range from the erotic use of the body in a hypersexualized world, to the body as a receptacle of violence that expresses the death drive. This book is a fascinating contribution to literary, gender, and cultural studies.

Author Biography

Beatriz L. Botero is part of the Faculty of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. She has a PhD in Spanish and Portuguese Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a PhD in Psychoanalysis from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Liminal Females in Contemporary Latin-American Novels; Beatriz L. Botero.- 2. Literature as Ghost Whisperer in 2666: Narrating the Impossible; Chris T. Schulenburg.- 3. Retelling La charca: Osario de Vivos, Women, and Con/Textual Aggressions in Puerto Rican Literature; Nancy Bird-Soto.- 4. Gender, Space, and the Violence of the Everyday in Parque Industrial; Melissa Eden Gormley.- 5. Mother, Nation, and Self: Poetics of Death and Subjectivity in Julián Herbert's Canción de Tumba; Raúl C. Verduzco.- 6. The Body in Rosario Tijeras: Between the Life and Death Drives (Eros and Thanatos); Beatriz L. Botero.- Contributors.

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Examines literature from a wide range of countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico Speaks not only to literary studies but also to gender studies and cultural studies Provides an important account of how and why gendered violence occurs

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Examines literature from a wide range of countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico Speaks not only to literary studies but also to gender studies and cultural studies Provides an important account of how and why gendered violence occurs

Details ISBN3319885561 Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 3319885561 ISBN-13 9783319885568 Format Paperback Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle Psychoanalysis and Gendered Violence Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Beatriz L. Botero DEWEY 800.098 Pages 148 Publication Date 2018-05-23 Short Title Women in Contemporary Latin American Novels UK Release Date 2018-05-23 Illustrations X, 148 p. Author Beatriz L. Botero Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Series Literatures of the Americas Alternative 9783319681573 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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