Böcker av David William Foster

The years 1930 to 1950 were a period of considerable activity in the Argentine novel, in great part as a reaction and response to the military coup of September 1930 that inaugurated the "Infamous Decade" of Argentine social history. In this work, David Foster offers a reassessment of social realism in the Argentine literature of the time.

Traces the development of Roa Bastos's concern with the reality of his people and their history and focuses on the mature techniques employed in the creation of a literary myth of a social reality.

Distinguishing figural or typological allegory -- a method adapted from the Christian exegesis of the Old Testament -- from the broader Hellenistic concept of allegory, this book examines its use in representative poems of early Hispanic literature.

A queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.

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In this study, David William Foster examines more than two dozen texts that deal with gay and lesbian topics, drawing from them significant insights into the relationship between homosexuality and society in different Latin American countries and time pe

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How recent Mexican cinema has focused on Mexico City as a protagonist in its own right.

Gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship.

The first study in English of Latin American graphic narrative, this book explores the genre's Argentine and Brazilian traditions, illuminating the different social, political, and historical conditions from which they emerged.

Examines the cultural impact of photography in Argentina following the end of the country's military dictatorship in the early 1980s. This interpretive study surveys nine modern photographers in Argentina and covers the major themes in each of their works. It details each photographer's cultural and artistic contributions.

A collection of biographical essays on 72 notable 20th-century Latin American women. It covers a broad range of women excelling in the fields of politics, art, religion, government, education, literature, popular culture, and the sciences. Each entry includes a further reading section.

An examination of the social and cultural institutions of Argentine society. It focuses on specific topics in an attempt to characterize important forms of cultural production in Argentina in terms of major works, major artists, and major venues.

This reference work examines the prominence of gay and lesbian themes in Spanish writers' work and, hence, the homoerotic element in Spanish culture from medieval times to the 20th century. Over 50 writers whose works raise issues concerning gay and lesbian identity and ideology are included.

This reference contains over a 100 alphabetically arranged entries for Latin American writers who have treated gay or lesbian themes in their works. Each entry explores the significance of gay and lesbian themes in the specific context of the author's writings.

Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a ""clean"" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression). The ""real"" Phoenix, easygoing, sun-drenched, a place of ever-expanding development and economic growth, guarantees, it is said, an enviable lifestyle, low taxes, and unfettered personal freedom and opportunity. Little of this is true. Phoenix has been described as one of the least sustainable cities in the country. This sixth largest urban area of the United States has an alarmingly superficial and tourism-oriented discourse among its leaders. This book examines a series of narrative works (novels, theater, chronicles, investigative reporting, personal accounts, editorial cartooning, even a children's television program) that question this discourse in a frequently stinging fashion. The works examined are anchored in a critical understanding of the dominant urban myths of Greater Phoenix, and an awareness of how all the newness, modernity and fun-in-the-sun mentality mask a uniquely dystopian human experience.

This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication.

Highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance while they simultaneously disclose how homophobia enforces the norms of heterosexuality.