Arrancame la vida, by Angeles Mastretta (Mexico, lots of explicit
political content). Class theme: Female and Male Constructions of
Subjectivity.
Maldito Amor, by Rosario Ferre (Puerto Rico, gender/race/nationality
issues). Class theme: Romance, Nationalism, and Family.
Duen~a y Sen~ora, by Susana Torres Molina (Argentina, lesbianism)
-and-
Te Dejo el Mar, by Carmen Riera (Spain, lesbianism)
Class theme: Mocking Patriarchy/Challenging Heterosexism.
Por la patria, by Diamela Eltit (Chile, explicit political commentary,
marginality, the Pinochet military coup, sexism, and more). Class theme:
Marginality, Corporeality, and the Fatherland.
Una pasion prohibida, by Cristina Peri Rossi. (Uruguay) Class theme:
Parody and Alienation in Contemporary Society.
Hagiografia de Narcisa la bella, by Mireya Robles. (forgot country;
strong socio-political commentary, gender roles, Freud). Class theme:
Subversions of Traditional Stories of Female Development.
Malena es un nombre de tango, by Almudena Grandes. (Spain; political
content included). Class theme: Bad Girls: Excess and Disorder in
Postmodern Spain.
*Any of the above-mentioned works is highly recommended.
--Kysa Nygreen