The Writing of Elena Poniatowska: Engaging Dialogues

by Beth E. Jörgensen

Overview

Elena Poniatowska is one of Latin America's most distinguished and innovative living writers. Advocacy of women and the poor in their struggle for social and economic justice, denunciation of the repression of that struggle, and a tendency to blur the boundaries between conventional literary forms characterize her writing practice.

Asserting that Poniatowska's writing has been uniquely shaped by her experience as a journalist and interviewer, Beth Jörgensen addresses four important texts: Palabras cruzadas (interviews), Hasta no verte Jesús mío (testimonial novel), La noche de Tlatelolco (oral history), and La "Flor de Lis" (novel of development). She also treats related pieces, including Lilus Kikus (short fiction), De noche vienes (short stories), Fuerte es el silencio (chronicles), and several of Poniatowska's essays. Her readings incorporate a variety of critical approaches within a feminist framework.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292784994
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	07/05/2010
Series:	Texas Pan American Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Beth E. Jörgensen is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Rochester. She has written extensively on the work of prominent Latin American women writers.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. “Engaging Dialogues”
• 1.. Face to Face: Interviewing Authority
• 2. Creative Confusions: Readings of ‘Hasta no verte Jesús mío’
• 3. Chronicles of the Conquered: Authority and History in ‘La noche de Tlatelolco’
• 4. Intimate Conversations: Fictions of Privilege
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index