The will to heal psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers /

Fahey, Felicia Lynne, 1967-

The will to heal psychological recovery in the novels of Latina writers / [electronic resource] : Felicia Lynne Fahey. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007. - xix, 212 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.

Lifting the weight of terror : disembodiment in Alina Diaconu's El penultimo viaje -- Surviving terror : mourning loss in Manuela Fingueret's Hija del silencio -- Going home : returning from exile in Luisa Valenzuela's La travesia -- (Un)romancing Mexico : sexual healing in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor -- Crossing with an angel : spiritual cure in Laura Restrepo's Dulce compania -- No way home : traumatic returns in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala letters.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780826328564 (electronic bk.)




Spanish American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Healing in literature.


Electronic books.

PQ7081.5 / .F34 2007

860.9/3561