The Ties That Bind
Questioning Family Dynamics and Family Discourse in Hispanic Literature
Published on 30. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-0-7618-2649-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Ties That Bind comprises the first collection of critical essays that explore the family system in Spanish and Latin American culture. This thought-provoking volume addresses the intersection of language, narrative structure, social reality, and family dynamics through examples from a diverse range of literary works, including Cervantes' Don Quijote, Reinaldo Arenas' Celestino antes del alba, and the Chicano film My Family/Mi Familia. Issues of feminism, gender and sexuality, abuse, trauma, and communication take the forefront in this ground-breaking book, which takes psychological literary criticism a step beyond traditional psychoanalytical approaches.
Reviews / Votes
....Cooper's singular contribution is her application of psychological theory to literary analysis, freeing it from the tendency to norm concepts pertaining to family and inviting rereadings of literary and filmic family plots. The works studied range from Don Quixote to Sara Levi Calderon's Dos mujeres and to films. Summing Up: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- J.C. Richards, Park University * Choice Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-2649-1 (9780761826491)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sara E. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at California State University, Chico. Dr. Cooper holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Content
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Questioning Family Dynamics and Family Discourse in Hispanic Literature and Film
Chapter 4 Shifting Families and Incest in Chacel and Moix
Chapter 5 Dysfunction, Discord, and Wedded Bliss: Baroque Families in Don Quixote
Chapter 6 Matrofobia y matrilinealidad en Un aire de familia de Silvia Italiano
Chapter 7 Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Nation: El cuarto mundo by Diamela Eltit
Chapter 8 Familia y comunidad como bases del proceso de adaptacion social en tres largometrajes chicanos:. . . y no se lo trago la tierro, El Norte y My Family/Mi familia
Chapter 9 Celestino antes del alba: The Family as Agent of the Community
Chapter 10 Family in Levi Calderon's Dos mujeres: Post Traumatic Stress or Lesbian Utopia?
Chapter 11 Appendix: Viability of FST for Latin America
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 Contributors
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Questioning Family Dynamics and Family Discourse in Hispanic Literature and Film
Chapter 4 Shifting Families and Incest in Chacel and Moix
Chapter 5 Dysfunction, Discord, and Wedded Bliss: Baroque Families in Don Quixote
Chapter 6 Matrofobia y matrilinealidad en Un aire de familia de Silvia Italiano
Chapter 7 Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Nation: El cuarto mundo by Diamela Eltit
Chapter 8 Familia y comunidad como bases del proceso de adaptacion social en tres largometrajes chicanos:. . . y no se lo trago la tierro, El Norte y My Family/Mi familia
Chapter 9 Celestino antes del alba: The Family as Agent of the Community
Chapter 10 Family in Levi Calderon's Dos mujeres: Post Traumatic Stress or Lesbian Utopia?
Chapter 11 Appendix: Viability of FST for Latin America
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 Contributors