Miradas Sobre Pasado Y Presente en El Cine Espanol (1990-2005)

Critical edition of José Martínez Ruiz's experimental novel. Written in the form of a diary, this novel tells the story of a young novelist, incorporating the presence of the reader and the idea of the fictional into its discourse.

Ines is a nine-year-old girl who spends the afternoons with her neighbor Lupe, an elderly woman with a vivid imagination. Lupe asks Ines to write letters to son Lucas, however, reality and fantasy seem to blend in Lupe's mind, as if some mice were gnawing at her memories.

Considerado un extranjero en nuestro pais, por la prosa abiertamente politica del escritor colombiano Miguel Angel Osorio, mejor conocido por los seudonimos de Porfirio Barba Jacob y Ricardo Arenales, transcurren todos los acontecimientos de un Mexico que se estaba fundando como nacion: guerras, revoluciones, gobiernos y tiranias. Pese a la gran erudicion de sus escritos publicados en la prensa mexicana entre 1913 y 1941, Barba Jacob padecio la indiferencia casi total de los intelectuales de su epoca. Esta obra rescata los textos de un lucido hombre, quiza el mejor periodista de su tiempo.

Brings together 35 selections by both well-known and relatively unknown authors from all the major Latina communities in the United States. Includes selections that represent the major lifestyles or issues confronting Latinas today, including sexual and personal oppression, family relations, traditional and new ways of exploring the female identity and relationships with men.