Motherhood and Childhood in Silvina Ocampo’s Works (eBook)

Fernanda Zullo-Ruiz (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
9781837720774 (ISBN)

Infos

The works of Argentine writer Silvina Ocampo (1903–93) are enjoying unprecedented attention from international scholars, writers, journalists, translators and film directors. This book explores the reason for the growing interest, and how it connects to her transgressive representations of motherhood and childhood.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Introduction: Silvina Ocampo Today
Section I: Mater
Chapter 1: Introductory Remarks on Motherhood
Chapter 2: The Dead Mother in ‘Rhadamanthos’
Chapter 3: The (Pro)Creative Mother in ‘El cuaderno’
Chapter 4: The Absent Egotistical Mother in ‘Las invitadas’
Chapter 5: The Mercenary Mother in ‘La furia’
Chapter 6: The GenderBending Mother of ‘Santa Teodora’
Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks on Motherhood
Section II: Filius
Chapter 8: Introductory Remarks on Childhood
Chapter 9: Childhood as a Race in ‘La raza inextinguible’
Chapter 10: Childhood in Reverse: ‘Cartas confidenciales’
Chapter 11: Childhood Rebellion in ‘La hija del toro’
Chapter 12: The Spatial Organization of Rape in ‘El pecado mortal’
Chapter 13: Concluding Remarks on Childhood
Conclusion: Mapping the Final Portrait of Mater et Filius
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-13: 9781837720774 / 9781837720774