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Máquinas, Ficciones Y Sociedades Secretas: Caterva De Juan Filloy Y La Ciudad Ausente De Ricardo Piglia, Marta Sierra Dec 2004

Máquinas, Ficciones Y Sociedades Secretas: Caterva De Juan Filloy Y La Ciudad Ausente De Ricardo Piglia, Marta Sierra

Marta J Sierra

No abstract provided.


A Passage To The Self: Homoerotic Orientalism And Hispanic Life-Writing., Robert Ellis Dec 2004

A Passage To The Self: Homoerotic Orientalism And Hispanic Life-Writing., Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis

The development of autobiography as a dominant literary genre and the formulation of modern conceptions of sexuality are largely synchronic phenomena. Modern autobiography, produced in the context of high capitalism, presupposes the existence of a discrete self whose meaning is revealed through reflection and rendered tangible through linguistic representation. According to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sexologists, this self is fundamentally sexual. In what is perhaps the most famous passage of The History of Sexuality, Michel Foucault explains how sexologists conceived of male homosexuality as “a singular nature” lying “at the root of all [one’s] actions” (43). Its essence, they …


Náhuatl Y Español: Un Caso De Convergencia Sintáctica, Alma Ramirez-Trujillo Dec 2004

Náhuatl Y Español: Un Caso De Convergencia Sintáctica, Alma Ramirez-Trujillo

Alma P Ramirez-Trujillo

Recent research suggests that, when the two languages spoken by bilinguals share certain features, but one of the languages favors the use of a particular structure, possibly due to pragmatic reasons, the two languages may converge in the relevant domain (Hulk and Müller 2000; Müller and Hulk 2001; Sánchez 2003; Sánchez, 2004; Toribio 2001). This in turn may lead to convergence between the two languages in a society where most of the speakers are bilingual, assuming bilinguals and second language learners are often the agents of language change (Winford, 2003). Classical Nahuatl is a polysynthetic language (Baker, 2001) with variable …


Oblique Views: Artistic Doubling, Ironic Mirroring And Photomontage In The Works Of Norah Lange And Norah Borges, Marta Sierra Dec 2004

Oblique Views: Artistic Doubling, Ironic Mirroring And Photomontage In The Works Of Norah Lange And Norah Borges, Marta Sierra

Marta J Sierra

No abstract provided.


De Caníbales, Bucaneras Y Polígrafas: Escritura, Obscenidad Y Mutilación En Alejandra Pizarnik, Marta Sierra Dec 2004

De Caníbales, Bucaneras Y Polígrafas: Escritura, Obscenidad Y Mutilación En Alejandra Pizarnik, Marta Sierra

Marta J Sierra

No abstract provided.