Fearless women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Tabea Alexa Linhard
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Columbia, Mo. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Missouri Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 282 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- The haunting pain of a phantom limb -- Between losing and killing fear -- Discursive battlefields -- Death stories -- Adelita's death -- The "Trece Rosas" and other death stories -- Writing violence -- Dancing with Pancho Villa's head : Nellie Campobello's Cartucho -- In the shadows : María Teresa León's short stories -- A remainder and a reminder -- To remember is a ghostly verb -- Who will talk about us when we are dead?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Study of the role women played in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Examines female figures such as the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution and the milicianas of the Spanish Civil War and the intersection of gender, revolution, and culture in both the Mexican and the Spanish contexts"--Provided by publisher