Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing

Taylor & Francis

Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's WritingShaping Gender, the Environment, and Politics\nAuthor(s): Estrella Cibreiro, Francisca Lpez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138850958, 978-1138850958\nSynopsis\nThis collection explores the contributions of Hispanic women writers to ongoing Western debates on gender, power, ethics, and the environment, offering a wide range of essays that specifically portray the ways in which contemporary writers focus on issues of global impact in a deliberate and purposeful manner. The contributors analyze texts pertaining to all literary genres, examining a myriad of ethical, philosophical, and political perspectives including feminism, postcolonial theories, cultural and gender studies, information age studies, and ecofeminism. \n\nThe book visits continuities and discontinuities among Spanish and Latin American women with regards to the ways in which they approach writ.