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Easy women : sex and gender in modern Mexican fiction / Debra A. Castillo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castillo, Debra A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Mexican fiction.
- Women in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining early twentieth-century novels, current best-selling pulp fiction, and testimonial narratives, Castillo explores how Mexican writers have positioned the "easy woman" in their works.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. ELLIPSES AND INTERSECTIONS; 2. MEAT SHOP MEMORIES: GAMBOA; 3. DESIRE IN THE STREETS: RULFO, GARRO; 4. DETERRITORIALIZING WOMEN'S BODIES: CASTILLO, CAMPBELL; 5. READING WOMEN: SEFCHOVICH; 6. SIGNIFYIN', TESTIFYIN': MORA, BANDIDA, SERRANO; 7. NO CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX: TRANSCRIPTS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8894-X
- OCLC:
- 476094436
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