Border Crossings

Richly informed by contemporary sociological theory, Manuel de Jesus Hernandez El colonialismo interno en la narrativa chicana distinguishes between the assimilationist and the internal colonialism models of Mexican American society and culture. The author applies the internal colonialism model for the first time to the representation of Chicanos found in their narrative literature. Among the categories of narrative discussed are the espacio pochista, the migrante, and the indigenista. The book is a signal advance in the sociology of Chicano narrative and its application to significant...

Propuestas para (re)construir una nación explores how Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) imagines and engenders the Spanish nation in her theatrical production staged and/or published between 1898 and 1909. In the aftermath of Spain’s colonial losses, when Spain’s male authors, in a growing mood of collective introspection, directed their attention to the homeland, Pardo Bazán generated a series of theatrical proposals to revitalize the nation. In her plays, she manifests her ideas about Spain’s fin de siècle crisis, reflects on Spain’s place in the international arena (emphasizing...

This is the story of a fire-breathing dragon that is captured by the concerned citizens of a small, isolated country. After refusing to join the army, the peace-loving dragon is put in a cage. He soon escapes and proves to all that dragons and humans can get along if they are willing to put in a little effort to understand each other.

Francia, o mejor su literatura, me han enseñado a cultivar el descontento y el escepticismo, la ironía y el asombro, la sed del viaje y el saber enciclopédico, la tolerancia hacia los otros pero también la indignación hacia ellos. Los ensayos que conforman este libro son una conversación personal con libros y autores franceses que quiero. El periodo que reúne su escritura abarca la manera en que ese afecto ha crecido. Las reflexiones se han construido con cierta lentitud y las ha estimulado el carácter de cada obra leída. De algún modo, su esencia es polifacética y su estilo...