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A necklace of words : stories by Mexican women

Author: Marjorie Agosín; Nancy Abraham Hall
Publisher: Fredonia, N.Y. : White Pine Press, [1997]
Series: Secret weavers series, v. 11.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This is the first English-language gathering of the voices of Mexican women, most of whom began to publish in the 1960s when an emerging middle class supported a boom in Mexican letters.

Well-known writers such as Elena Poniatowska and Rosario Castellanos, as well as writers just beginning to receive critical acclaim, such as Martha Cerda and Angeles Mastretta, tell diverse stories of Mexico's women from La

The book's sections focus on the history of Mexico, the arrival of the Europeans and the mixing of races, the often confining spaces inhabited by women within the social fabric of their country, and the rich interior lives of women who live in these confined spaces.  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Translations into English
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Necklace of words.
Fredonia, New York : White Pine Press, [1997]
(OCoLC)605360400
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marjorie Agosín; Nancy Abraham Hall
ISBN: 1877727733 9781877727733
OCLC Number: 38554222
Description: 148 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: General Rueda / Nelly Campobello --
Recollections of things to come / Elena Garro --
The true story of a princess / Inés Arredondo --
Regarding my mestiza self / Marcela Guijosa --
Annunciation / Esther Seligson --
Too much love / Sara Sefchovich --
Coatlicue swept / Margo Glantz --
Balún Canán / Rosario Castellanos --
Sunday / Silvia Molina --
Nicolasa and the lacework / Mónica Lavín --
White lies / Angeles Mastretta --
Noodle soup / Cristina Pacheco --
The turtle / Brianda Domecq --
Where things fly / Ethel Krauze --
Abbreviated world / Angelina Muñiz-Huberman --
State of siege / Elena Poniatowska --
The guardian angel / Guadalupe Dueñas --
Young mother / María Luisa Puga --
Birthday / Martha Cerda --
Beyond the gaze / Aline Petterson --
The swallows of Cuernavaca / Angelina Muñiz-Huberman --
A concealing nakedness / Nedda G. de Anhalt.
Series Title: Secret weavers series, v. 11.
Responsibility: edited by Marjorie Agosín and Nancy Abraham Hall.

Abstract:

This is the first English-language gathering of the voices of Mexican women, most of whom began to publish in the 1960s when an emerging middle class supported a boom in Mexican letters.

Well-known writers such as Elena Poniatowska and Rosario Castellanos, as well as writers just beginning to receive critical acclaim, such as Martha Cerda and Angeles Mastretta, tell diverse stories of Mexico's women from La Malinche up to present-day women trying to find their places in a country with a strong tradition of male domination.

The book's sections focus on the history of Mexico, the arrival of the Europeans and the mixing of races, the often confining spaces inhabited by women within the social fabric of their country, and the rich interior lives of women who live in these confined spaces.

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