Beyond the Border: A New Age in Latin American Women's Fiction

By Nora Erro-Peralta and Caridad Silva-Nunez

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939416433
• ISBN13: 9780939416431
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Cleis Pr
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

BEYOND

This book has incredible stories that have hidden meaning in them. The stories are fun to read and very engaging. The stories are humorous if read just for leisure.On the other hand, for a serious literature student or person, the stories have a lot to offer when critically analysed. They talk about women and how they fit in the society. Overall, I think Beyond the Border is a great book and people should definately ready it.

Latin American Women

In a class I am now taking we read Beyond the Border, edited by Erro-Peralta and Caridad Silva. Throughout this class we have been studying Latin American culture and issues dealing with women. I am not the type of person who likes to sit down and read a whole book, which is why this book was great for me. Beyond the Border is a collection of short stories written by a variety of women writers from Latin America. Throughout these stories there are reoccurring themes of patriarcy, motherhood, and gender roles. In each of these short stories all of these themes can be seen. These stories allow you to dig deep into the text and see the lives of Latin American women through their eyes. This book does a great job of depicting the lives of Latin American women, and I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn more about this topic.

Beyond the Border

This collection of short stories, edited by Nora Erro-Peralta and Caridad Silva and first published in 1991, provides varying perspectives on the feminine experience in Latin America. Some stories, such as Isabel Allende's "The Judges Wife", give a more typical view of life in Latin America without really challenging the status quo. Other stories, such as Rosario Ferre's "Mercedes-Benz 220SL", are sharply critical and experiment with form in order to aid in conveying their message. These stories show how women of Latin America get locked into specific roles based on patriarchal attitudes and often challenge the basis of these attitudes. One role that is portrayed in several of these stories, including "The Wedding" by Lucia Fox and "Homelife" by Sylvia Lago, is that of the mother. The repetition of the use of this role displays its significance in Latin American culture. One of the most important and interesting aspects of this book is the way in which it provides a wide range of female experiences.I gave this book four stars because not only do these stories have a valuable message to convey to their readers, they are also completely enjoyable to read. If you are looking for a book that will carry you through many different settings, tell you stories of women from a variety of backgrounds, and keep you enthralled throughout, this is definitely a book you should read.

Beyond the Border

Beyond the border which was edited by Nora Erro-Peralta and Caridad Silva was a fantastic book. This book has various short stories in it that were based around the lives of Latin American women. These short stories helped me better understand what some of the women in Latin America have to deal with on a day to day basis. Although the stories are fiction, I know that they probably shadow the lives of women in Latin America. These stories have all sort of themes and symbolism in them that help the reader breakdown the true meaning to the story. Some of the themes include; patriarchy, materialism, and motherhood. Out of the six stories that I have read, these themes have come up in just about every story. I found this book very interesting and I would be very interested in reading some of the other works that the authors of the stories have written.

Beyond the Border

Beyond the Border: A New Age in Latin American Women's Fiction is a fascinated book that includes many short stories from well known Latin American women writers such as Isabel Allende, Rosario Ferré, Aída Cartagena Portalatín to Elena Poniantowska. This book of short stories first appeared in 1991 and has many great reasons in which I rate it four stars. First and most importanly, is that this book is published by women writers who have suffered for many years to get their work acknowledged. Second, this book gives an overview on diverse themes in Latin America. Some in which touch base on partriarchy, materialism, gender roles, motherhood, and much more. Lastly, these short fiction stories also offer a great interest in symbolism, tone, imagery,sound and rhythm. Therefore, I suggest if YOU want to learn more about the Latin American culture, writers, or themes such as patriarchy, self-expression, love, marriage, and much more PLEASE READ THESE SHORT STORIES. I promise that these short stories will take you into a great adventure and are a worthwhile experience. ***Angélica**** :) :) :) :)