The Inhabited Woman is an intelligent and politically sophisticated adventure-romance in which th... more The Inhabited Woman is an intelligent and politically sophisticated adventure-romance in which the soul of an Indian warrior woman from the time of the Conquistadors inhabits the body and mind of Lavinia, a middle class woman living in a Latin American country. With daring and growing self-assertion, Lavinia abandons the confines of her own privileged life to join an underground movement against a dictatorship, undergoing a personal transformation in which she finds - through love - the power and courage to act.
A autora utiliza a imaxe do fio, do tecido, das artes textis –territorio, labor, ocupacion tradic... more A autora utiliza a imaxe do fio, do tecido, das artes textis –territorio, labor, ocupacion tradicionalmente feminina– como alegoria dun outro tecido: a composicion complexa das novelas de Rosalia de Castro, ao servizo dun discurso feminista e rompedor.
A selection from a literary genre little known outside its geographical area is here translated i... more A selection from a literary genre little known outside its geographical area is here translated into English, providing information about the work of some writers in this field, and extending modern Galician literature beyond the confines of the Spanish State. It forms part of a growing awareness among Hispanists and Luso-Brazilian scholars of the other Iberian languages with their corresponding cultures: Galician, Catalan and Basque. With the emerging of these three national autonomies, the nature of the "Spanish" canon has been undergoing revision, and should continue to do so.
... About the author(s)/editor(s) The Translator: Kathleen March is Professor of Spanish at the U... more ... About the author(s)/editor(s) The Translator: Kathleen March is Professor of Spanish at the University of Maine (Orono). She is founder of the International Galician Studies Association and her research includes Galician as well as Latin American literature. ...
The Inhabited Woman is an intelligent and politically sophisticated adventure-romance in which th... more The Inhabited Woman is an intelligent and politically sophisticated adventure-romance in which the soul of an Indian warrior woman from the time of the Conquistadors inhabits the body and mind of Lavinia, a middle class woman living in a Latin American country. With daring and growing self-assertion, Lavinia abandons the confines of her own privileged life to join an underground movement against a dictatorship, undergoing a personal transformation in which she finds - through love - the power and courage to act.
A autora utiliza a imaxe do fio, do tecido, das artes textis –territorio, labor, ocupacion tradic... more A autora utiliza a imaxe do fio, do tecido, das artes textis –territorio, labor, ocupacion tradicionalmente feminina– como alegoria dun outro tecido: a composicion complexa das novelas de Rosalia de Castro, ao servizo dun discurso feminista e rompedor.
A selection from a literary genre little known outside its geographical area is here translated i... more A selection from a literary genre little known outside its geographical area is here translated into English, providing information about the work of some writers in this field, and extending modern Galician literature beyond the confines of the Spanish State. It forms part of a growing awareness among Hispanists and Luso-Brazilian scholars of the other Iberian languages with their corresponding cultures: Galician, Catalan and Basque. With the emerging of these three national autonomies, the nature of the "Spanish" canon has been undergoing revision, and should continue to do so.
... About the author(s)/editor(s) The Translator: Kathleen March is Professor of Spanish at the U... more ... About the author(s)/editor(s) The Translator: Kathleen March is Professor of Spanish at the University of Maine (Orono). She is founder of the International Galician Studies Association and her research includes Galician as well as Latin American literature. ...
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