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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784496403321

Autore

Castillo Debra A

Titolo

Easy women [[electronic resource] ] : sex and gender in modern Mexican fiction / / Debra A. Castillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8166-8894-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

863

Soggetti

Mexican fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Women in literature

Sex role in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. ELLIPSES AND INTERSECTIONS; 2. MEAT SHOP MEMORIES: GAMBOA; 3. DESIRE IN THE STREETS: RULFO, GARRO; 4. DETERRITORIALIZING WOMEN'S BODIES: CASTILLO, CAMPBELL; 5. READING WOMEN: SEFCHOVICH; 6. SIGNIFYIN', TESTIFYIN': MORA, BANDIDA, SERRANO; 7. NO CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPTS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Combining early twentieth-century novels, current best-selling pulp fiction, and testimonial narratives, Castillo explores how Mexican writers have positioned the "easy woman" in their works.