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Modernismo, Modernity and the Development of Spanish American Literature

University of Texas Press

Cathy L . Jrade undertakes a full exploration of the modernista project and shows how it provided a foundation for trends and movements that have continued to shape literary production in Spanish America throughout the twentieth century.

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The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing

University of Texas Press

Naomi Lindstrom examines five concepts that are currently the focus of intense debate among Latin American writers and thinkers.

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Lost in the City: Tree of Desire and Serafin

Two novels by Ignacio Solares

University of Texas Press

These two novels by one of Mexico’s premier writers illuminate many aspects of contemporary Mexican life.

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The Shattered Mirror

Representations of Women in Mexican Literature

University of Texas Press

How the popular images of women in Mexican literature have changed in the 20th century.

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Nahuat Myth and Social Structure

University of Texas Press

This book brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are told.

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The Fragmented Novel in Mexico

The Politics of Form

University of Texas Press

This book examines fragmentation as a literary strategy that reflects the social and political fissures within modern Mexican society and introduces readers to a more participatory reading of texts.

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Sexual Textualities

Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing

University of Texas Press

A queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.

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An Expedition to the Ranquel Indians

Excursion a los indios ranqueles

University of Texas Press

A vivid, firsthand account of a noncombative encounter between Native American and European civilizations.

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Facundo and the Construction of Argentine Culture

University of Texas Press

How various readings of a classic 1845 essay have contributed to the making and remaking of the Argentine nation and its culture.

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Contemporary Mexican Women Writers

Five Voices

University of Texas Press

Interviews with five prominent Mexican women writiers.

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