Displaced memories : the poetics of trauma in Argentine women's writing / M. Edurne Portela.

Author/creator Portela, M. Edurne, 1974-
Format Book
Publication InfoLewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, ©2009.
Description202 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Partnoy, Alicia, 1955---Criticism and interpretation.
Kozameh, Alicia, 1953---Criticism and interpretation.
Strejilevich, Nora--Criticism and interpretation.
Argentine literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Argentine literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Political persecution in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Memory in literature.
Argentina--History. --Dirty War, 1976-1983. --Literature and the war.

Contents Argentina (1976-2006) : state terrorism, (post) exile, and the politics of oblivion -- Theoretical foundations for the study of women's prison narratives -- Re-enacting memory, reconstructing resistance : Alicia Partnoy's The little school and La Escuelita -- Uncanny returns : representations of trauma in Alicia Kozameh's Pasos bajo el agua -- From victim to agent : death, devastation, and dissent in Nora Strejilevich's Una sola muerte numerosa -- Conclusion : memory is a weapon loaded with future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index.
LCCN 2008047218
ISBN9780838757321 (alk. paper)
ISBN0838757324 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PQ7633 .P67 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold