10 articles in this issue
Mallory N. Craig-Kuhn
The novel Retahílas by Carmen Martín Gaite can be read as a reflection on memory which spans several different generations of one family. Personal remembrances are narrated and shared, and in this way become the legacy of younger generations, becoming par... see more
Karin Davidovich
Through the study of testimonial texts and personal interviews of women survivors of the last dictatorship in Argentina, I argue that while all testimonies of horror are permeated by the presence of silence, women’s testimonial productions from the nineti... see more
Marcelo José Cabarcas Ortega
Coming from literary and cultural studies, these authors are joining a growing number of experts interested in analyzing the impact of neoliberal dynamics in ethnicity, sexuality and gender in the Caribbean, whether in the archipiélago or its continental ... see more
Emily Celeste Vázquez
In this article I will compare the theater plays Los trazos del viento by Alan Aguilar and Jauría by Enrique Mijares. This work will be divided in the study of the following axes: a review of both, the theoretical and historical frame surro... see more
Mercedes Alonso
The debate around the role played by intellectuals is key to the study of the Latin American Literary Boom. On the one hand, it’s a time in which writers begin to appear publicly and to participate in extraliterary matters. On the other, it has been one o... see more
Jorge Zavaleta Balarezo
In this essay, the author analyzes the main characteristics and influence of Los detectives salvajes, one of the most important novels of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) as a particular component of contemporary Latin American narrative. If ... see more
Juan Camilo Galeano
This text is divided into two parts: the first one talks about the essay of interepretation of the national being, the voices that have developed it in Latin America and questions the lack of recognition of this genre in Colombia. The second part consider... see more
Juan José Jordán
Via my dramatic text María Luisa (Ediciones Unicornio, 2013), I propose to examine here the figure of María Luisa Milanés (1893-1919) who, hailing from the city of Bayamo in the nascent Cuban republic, became an unquestionable figure in Cuban women's lite... see more
Diamela Eltit
Review of "Espectro familiar" by Nicolás Poblete.
César Zamorano Díaz
Review of "Ficciones del muro" by Eugenia Brito