Spanish and Portuguese (Latin American) II: Cuestiones de poder
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Position, Place and Power in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America. Lee Skinner, Claremont McKenna College
This paper examines the ways in which landscapes are represented in three important 19th century Latin American narratives as conveyors of meaning about relationships of dominance and subjugation.
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Stuck in the Slums: The Lack of Social Mobility in Child of the Dark and City of God. Eduardo DaSilva, University of California, Santa Barbara
Social stagnation is perhaps the word that best describes life in the Brazilian slums. This study analyzes the lack of social mobility in the slums as portrayed in the book Child of the Dark (1960) and the movie City of God (2002).
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Critica Literaria Y Literatura De Mujeres en Bolivia. Maria Elva Echenique, University of Portland
Revisión de la crítica literaria reciente sobre la obra de escritoras bolivianas. Enfatiza el valor de aquellos estudios que, al estructurarse en relación a la variable de género sexual, promueven el cuestionamiento de los parámetros conceptuales utilizados en la construccion del canon literario.
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