A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series)

Offers A Semiotic Approach To Rosario Castellanos' Writings And Includes Selections That Show The Interrelatedness Of Her Work. Silence Near An Ancient Stone -- To A Tiny Mayan Badger -- The Other -- Monologue Of A Foreign Woman -- Routine -- Presence -- Passage -- Consciousness -- Chess -- Brief Chronicle -- Malinche -- Memorandum On Tlatelolco -- Self-portrait -- Speaking Of Gabriel -- Home Economics -- Learning About Things -- Postscript -- You Are Not Poetry -- Re : Mutilations -- Meditation On The Brink -- Kinsey Report -- Looking At The Mona Lisa -- Nobodying -- Nazareth -- The Eagle -- Three Knots In The Net -- Fleeting Friendships -- The Widower Roman -- Cooking Lesson -- Incident Of Yalentay -- Once Again Sor Juana -- An Attempt At Self-criticism -- Discrimination In The United States And In Chiapas. A Man Of Destiny -- Woman And Her Image -- The Nineteenth-century Mexican Woman -- Language As An Instrument Of Domination -- If Not Poetry, Then What? -- Self-sacrifice Is A Mad Virtue -- The Liberation Of Love -- Herlinda Leaves -- The Eternal Feminine. Edited And With A Critical Introduction By Maureen Ahern ; Translated By Maureen Ahern And Others. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 64-77. Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the depth and range of Castellanos'work. In her introductory essay,'Reading Rosario Castellanos: Contexts, Voices, and Signs,'Maureen Ahern presents the first comprehensive study of Castellanos'work as a sign or signifying system. This approach through contemporary semiotic theory unites literary criticism and translation as an integral semiotic process. Ahern reveals how Castellanos integrated women's images, bodies, voices, and texts to feminize her discourse and create a plurality of new signs/messages about women in Mexico. Describing this process in The Eternal Feminine, Castellanos observes,'...it's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves.' Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the depth and range of Castellanos' work. In her introductory essay, "Reading Rosario Contexts, Voices, and Signs," Maureen Ahern presents the first comprehensive study of Castellanos' work as a sign or signifying system. This approach through contemporary semiotic theory unites literary criticism and translation as an integral semiotic process. Ahern reveals how Castellanos integrated women's images, bodies, voices, and texts to feminize her discourse and create a plurality of new signs/messages about women in Mexico. Describing this process in The Eternal Feminine, Castellanos observes, "...it's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves."

here Are Observations And Speculations, Legends And Yarns, Even Gossip About The Habits And Dispositions Of These Extraordinary Creatures--rattlesnakes--their Reported Size, Deadliness, And Power To Charm Their Natural Enemies. Here Are Descriptions Of Actual Fights To The Death Between Rattlesnakes And Other Animals And Accounts Of The Strange Experiences Human Beings Have Had With Them, As Well As Tips On Where To Find Them And How To Act When You See One.

dobie Began Systematically Collecting Lore About The Rattlesnake World Many Years Ago, Using Some Of It In Such Regional Publications As Southwest Review And Incorporating Much Of It Into Essays--with The Intention Of Eventually Putting Together A Book About Rattlesnakes. Now, In This Collection Of Twenty-two Articles, His Wish Is Posthumously Fulfilled.

only Frank Dobie Could Tell Of This Fascinating And Frightening Creature With Such Wisdom And Humor, Thereby Tempering The Age-old Feud Between The Snake And Man. And The Rattlesnake--who Once Aroused Fear Among Even The Boldest Men In The Old West--can At Last Be Regarded With Tolerance, Respect, And Even Affection.

Here are observations and speculations, legends and yarns, even gossip about the habits and dispositions of these extraordinary creatures — rattlesnakes — their reported size, deadliness, and power to charm their natural enemies. Here are descriptions of actual fights to the death between rattlesnakes and other animals and accounts of the strange experiences human beings have had with them, as well as tips on where to find them and how to act when you see one. Dobie began systematically collecting lore about the rattlesnake world many years ago, using some of it in such regional publications as Southwest Review and incorporating much of it into essays — with the intention of eventually putting together a book about rattlesnakes. Now, in this collection of twenty-two articles, his wish is posthumously fulfilled. Only Frank Dobie could tell of this fascinating and frightening creature with such wisdom and humor, thereby tempering "the age-old feud between the snake and man." And the rattlesnake — who once aroused fear among even the boldest men in the Old West — can at last be regarded with tolerance, respect, and even affection