African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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223 p, Ileana Rodriguez's House/Garden/Nation: Space, Gender, and Ethnicity in Post-Colonial Latin American Literatures by Women offers an insightful look into the role the feminine has played in the constructions of nation and nationalism in critical moments of Latin American history. Although feminism is at the center of the study, it is always predicated by concerns of ethnicity and social class. (BNET);
Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State Popular Press
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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365 p, "This book of essays - carefully written by twenty-four authorities on their subjects - provides a deep understanding of and appreciation for the coherence, primacy and, importance of the search for identity in the divergent areas of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Continent." (Barnes & Noble);
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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419 p, Explores the commonalities between literatures of the French Caribbean, French Guyana, and Belize, tracing aspects of the content and narrative structures of various Caribbean works back to African and European folklore and traditions, which were passed on to, and influenced in their turn, by the cultures of the Americas. Includes an index of works cited and a selective bibliography.;
