Motherhood and childhood in Silvina Ocampo's works / Fernanda Zullo-Ruiz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zullo-Ruiz, Fernanda, author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2023]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Series Editors' Foreword

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

Introduction: Silvina Ocampo Today

Part I: Mater

1 Introductory Remarks on Motherhood

2 The Dead Mother in 'Rhadamanthos'

3 The (Pro)Creative Mother in 'El cuaderno'

4 The Absent Egotistical Mother in 'Las invitadas'

5 The Mercenary Mother in 'La furia'

6 The Gender-Bending Mother of 'Santa Teodora'

7 Concluding Remarks on Motherhood

Part II: Filius

8 Introductory Remarks on Childhood

9 Childhood as a Race in 'La raza inextinguible'

10 Childhood in Reverse: 'Cartas confidenciales'

11 Childhood Rebellion in 'La hija del toro'

12 The Spatial Organisation of Rape in 'El pecado mortal'

13 Concluding Remarks on Childhood

Conclusion: Mapping the Final Portrait of Mater et Filius

Works by Silvina Ocampo

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781837720774

1837720770

OCLC:

1492973110