About the book
What links women of the Americas? How do they redefine their identities? Lesley Feracho answers these questions through a comparative look at texts by four women writers from across the Americas—Zora Neale Hurston, Julieta Campos, Carolina Maria de Jesus, and Clarice Lispector. She explores how their writing reformulates identity as an intricate connection of the historical, sociocultural, and discursive, and also reveals new understandings of feminine writing as a hybrid discourse in and of itself.
Editions of Linking the Americas
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791464038
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791464045
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791483503
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What links women of the Americas? How do they redefine their identities? Lesley Feracho answers these questions through a comparative look at texts by four women writers from across the Americas—Zora Neale Hurston, Julieta Campos, Carolina Maria de Jesus, and Clarice Lispector. She explores how their writing reformulates identity as an intricate connection of the historical, sociocultural, and discursive, and also reveals new understandings of feminine writing as a hybrid discourse in and of itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Linking the Americas about?
What links women of the Americas? How do they redefine their identities? Lesley Feracho answers these questions through a comparative look at texts by four women writers from across the Americas—Zora Neale Hurston, Julieta Campos, Carolina Maria de Jesus, and Clarice Lispector. She explores how their writing reformulates identity as an intricate connection of the historical, sociocultural, and discursive, and also reveals new understandings of feminine writing as a hybrid discourse in and of itself.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Linking the Americas?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Linking the Americas?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791464038
How long is Linking the Americas and how many pages does it have?
Linking the Americas has 248 page(s)
Is Linking the Americas part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Linking the Americas?
Lesley Feracho
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Linking the Americas is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791464038) and paperback(ISBN 9780791464045) and pdf(ISBN 9780791483503)
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