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Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality (Spanish: Siete Ensayos de Interpretación de la Realidad Peruana, also known as Los 7 Ensayos or the Seven Essays), published in 1928, is the most famous written work of the Peruvian socialist writer José Carlos Mariátegui and considered his magnum opus. [1]
With this example, Cofer shows that there is a cultural clash due to that the dress of Latino females differ drastically from the mainstream culture. Cofer further demonstrates the cultural stereotype of the Latino and Hispanic woman as sexually expressive. "For example, that of the Hispanic woman as the 'hot tamale' or 'sexual firebrand" (232).
Steven's work in Latin American studies was particularly concerned with women's issues. She also published case studies of particular regional or historical events; for example, in 1963 she published the book Puerto Rico's "Peaceful Revolution", and in 1974 she published Protest and Response in Mexico. [3]
The Solitude of Latin America" (Spanish: La Soledad de América Latina) is the title of the speech given by Gabriel García Márquez on 8 December 1982 upon being awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] The Nobel Prize was presented to García Márquez by Professor Lars Gyllensten of the Swedish Academy. [2]
One of the key examples of this was the publication of "Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature", which was the first anthology of its kind to provide both scholarly and pedagogical resources. This influential work was co-edited by John S. Christie and Jose B. Gonzalez, a Salvadoran-American author. [25]
In this excerpt from her book 'Narcas,' veteran journalist Deborah Bonello uncovers some of the powerful women inside the macho world of Latin America's brutal drug gangs.
Women's rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries.
The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory is a 1983 collection of feminist essays by philosopher Marilyn Frye. Some of these essays, developed through speeches and lectures she gave, have been quoted and reprinted often, and the book has been described as a "classic" of feminist theory .