02553nam 2200601 a 450 991045785640332120200520144314.01-283-63514-30-8263-2856-3(CKB)2550000000050844(EBL)1118968(OCoLC)817818677(SSID)ssj0000542662(PQKBManifestationID)11324875(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542662(PQKBWorkID)10510599(PQKB)11745473(MiAaPQ)EBC1118968(OCoLC)657200271(MdBmJHUP)muse7467(Au-PeEL)EBL1118968(CaPaEBR)ebr10492252(EXLCZ)99255000000005084420070426d2007 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe will to heal[electronic resource] psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers /Felicia Lynne FaheyAlbuquerque University of New Mexico Press20071 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8263-2855-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.Lifting the weight of terror : disembodiment in Alina Diaconú's El penúltimo viaje -- Surviving terror : mourning loss in Manuela Fingueret's Hija del silencio -- Going home : returning from exile in Luisa Valenzuela's La travesía -- (Un)romancing Mexico : sexual healing in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor -- Crossing with an angel : spiritual cure in Laura Restrepo's Dulce compañía -- No way home : traumatic returns in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala letters.How six Latina authors, whose works combine autobiography and fiction, use this technique to heal from personal and political trauma.Spanish American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismSpanish American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismHealing in literatureElectronic books.Spanish American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Spanish American fictionHistory and criticism.Healing in literature.860.9/3561Fahey Felicia Lynne1967-968561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457856403321The will to heal2199981UNINA