Bertalicia peralta biography for kids
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Introduction to a Bibliography of Women Writers: El Salvador and Panama
Introduction
For many centuries, Latin American culture has relegated women to a secondary role despite their valuable and essential contributions to the culture as a whole but also to its rich literary tradition. While writers always put their perspective of the world into their work, Latin American women have the advantage of their gender and their culture to influence their writing. Through their writings, they express themselves, communicate their views and educate men and women alike on their dreams, their roles, their anxieties and their hopes. They also denounce, either explicitly or implicitly, their neglected role in society and demand recognition for the intrinsic value of their contributions both to their family and to society at large. Isabel Allende, a Chilean native and perhaps the most famous of the Latina authors, says that Latin American women write about "the multiple forms of violence t
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INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST FICTION
Life lessons.
Angie Malone, the youngest of a big, warm Italian-American family, returns to her Pacific Northwest hometown to wrestle with various midlife disappointments: her divorce, Papa’s death, a downturn in business at the family restaurant, and, above all, her childlessness. After several miscarriages, she, a successful ad exec, and husband Conlan, a reporter, befriended a pregnant young girl and planned to adopt her baby—and then the birth mother changed her mind. Angie and Conlan drifted apart and soon found they just didn’t love each other anymore. Metaphorically speaking, “her need for a child had been a high tide, an overwhelming force that drowned them. A year ago, she could have kicked to the surface but not now.” Sadder but wiser, Angie goes to work in the struggling family restaurant, bickering with Mama over updating the menu and replacing the ancient waitress. Soon, Angie befriends another young girl, Lauren Ribido, who’s eager to l
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The Defiant Muse: Hispanic Feminist Poems from the Mid: A Bilingual Anthology (The Defiant Muse Series) (Spanish Edition) - Softcover
Synopsis
Each bilingual volume in The Defiant Muse series includes 60 to 80 poems bygd both well-known and rediscovered poets, selected on the basis of their individual merit and as illustrations of the evolution of feminist thought and feeling.
Reflecting their own cultural milieus as well as enduring themes, the poets write of love and friendship, revolution and peace, tro, nature, isolation, work, and family. The Dutch, French, German, and Italian volumes represent their respective countries; the Hispanic volume includes poems from the many Spanish-speaking nations; and the Hebrew volume encompasses writing in Hebrew from around the world. The poems are presented in their original languages alongside English translations. Each volume includes an introduction, placing the poetry in historical and aesthetic perspective, and full biographical