A Place in the Sun by Catherine Davies

A Place in the Sun by Catherine Davies

Women have published a rich and varied selection of work in Cuba throughout the twentieth century. Their writings give us a crucial insight into the recent history of that country. In this book, Catherine Davies develops a sophisticated and theoretically informed feminist reading of works by authors such as Dulce María Loynaz and the poet Fina García Marruz who developed their styles in the pre-revolutionary period and black and mulatto poets such as Nancy Morejón, Georgina Herrera and Excilia Saldaña from the post-1959 socialist era. The author reads these key texts in ways that show how women’s writing can open up areas that resist alignment into the ‘grand narratives’ - of liberalism, Marxism - that have usually dominated interpretations of Cuban culture. A major theoretical intervention into debates around representation, the book will be necessary reading for students and academics in post-colonial theory and women’s studies, as well as in Spanish, Latin-American and comparative literature.

'It is quite a feat to have produced a book such as this..It offer[s] a coherent, thorough and extremely cogent overview of the sociopolitical context of women's writing in Cuba in the twentieth century.'
Mango Season

'Carefully interweaves sociopolitical happenings that impacted the Cuban woman as both person and writer... Davies' feminist reading reveals a remarkable group of talented and independent women who persisted against all odds... A must-have volume.'
Choice

Catherine Davies is professor of Spanish at the University of Manchester.

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ISBN 13	9781856495424
ISBN 10	1856495426
Title	A Place in the Sun
Author	Catherine Davies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1998-01-01
Number of pages	256
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