The Writing of Elena Poniatowska: Engaging Dialogues (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Jörgensen, Beth E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292740336 ISBN 13: 9780292740334

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1994

Synopsis

Elena Poniatowska is one of Latin America's most distinguished and innovative living writers. Advocacy of women and the poor in their struggle for social and economic justice, denunciation of the repression of that struggle, and a tendency to blur the boundaries between conventional literary forms characterize her writing practice.Asserting that Poniatowska's writing has been uniquely shaped by her experience as a journalist and interviewer, Beth Jörgensen addresses four important texts: Palabras cruzadas (interviews), Hasta no verte Jesús mío (testimonial novel), La noche de Tlatelolco (oral history), and La "Flor de Lis" (novel of development). She also treats related pieces, including Lilus Kikus (short fiction), De noche vienes (short stories), Fuerte es el silencio (chronicles), and several of Poniatowska's essays. Her readings incorporate a variety of critical approaches within a feminist framework.

About this title

About the Author:

Beth E. Joergensen is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Rochester.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0292740336
• ISBN 13: 9780292740334
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198