Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Argentine Literature - Literary Criticism
Mothers, Lovers, and Others (The SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Cultlure): The Short Stories of Julio Cortazar
Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz, Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal (Editor), Jorge J. Gracia
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Overview
Using feminist revisions of psychoanalytic thought and cultural studies, Mothers, Lovers, and Others examines the pervasive role of the conception of the feminine in the short stories of Argentine writer Julio Cortázar (1914-1984). Contending that his obsession with the mother is the source of Cortázar's uneasiness with femininity, Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz traces an evolution in his relationship to female space, from a convoluted and defensive posture to a more open and tolerant stance, paralleling his increasing political commitment. Schmidt-Cruz explores the role of gender in Cortázar's quest to reconcile his divided allegiance to Argentina and France, and his denunciation of the atrocities of the Argentine military dictatorship.Author Biography: Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Delaware. She is the coauthor (with Frank Sedwick) of Conversation in Spanish: Points of Departure, Sixth Edition.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2004
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pages
209
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780791459553