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La Madre Muerta. El Mito Matricida en la Literatura y el Cine Espanoles.
Maria Asuncion Gomez
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Paperback. Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; APFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 395.
Drawing on feminist psychoanalysis and Greek mythology, La madre muerta explores how matricide and unconscious matricidal fantasies have been portrayed in Spanish narrative, drama, and film. The book examines individual and social perceptions regarding gendered subjectivity, the operation of power relations, gender violence, and the economies of desire. It provides a comparative study of different theoretical approaches to matricide and a close reading of five films, three novels, and two plays. This study attempts to unveil the mechanisms by which the matricidal myth has been introduced and continues operative in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Spanish literature and film. Gómez claims that ... Read more
Drawing on feminist psychoanalysis and Greek mythology, La madre muerta explores how matricide and unconscious matricidal fantasies have been portrayed in Spanish narrative, drama, and film. The book examines individual and social perceptions regarding gendered subjectivity, the operation of power relations, gender violence, and the economies of desire. It provides a comparative study of different theoretical approaches to matricide and a close reading of five films, three novels, and two plays. This study attempts to unveil the mechanisms by which the matricidal myth has been introduced and continues operative in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Spanish literature and film. Gómez claims that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Language
Spanish
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469630724
SKU
V9781469630724
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About Maria Asuncion Gomez
María Asunción Gómez is associate professor of Spanish at Florida International University.
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