Ethnic Studies Review
Orginal Publication Date
2001
Journal Title
Ethnic Studies Review
Volume
24
Issue
esr/vol24/iss1
First Page
29
Last Page
47
Abstract
Connecting its storyline to the historical context of the civil war in El Salvador, this US Latina text dramatizes dehumanizing effects of political violence on individual and collective being. With an emphasis on the dialectical connection between the personal and the social, the novel focuses on individual strategies of survival and resistance in conditions of authoritarianism in order to suggest new forms of political opposition and liberation. Its narrative reveals subversive and empowering aspects of the intimate, as the discourse of motherhood and religiosity reclaims its place in the public sphere and takes a direct stance against violence and oppression.
Comments
Analytical Traditions