Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Excursus xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I Gender/Genre/Nation/Ethnicity The Masculine
7. 1 Transitions: Modernism/Modernity 23
8. PART II Nation/Ethnicity/Gender/Genre The Feminine
9. 2 Teresa de la Parra: Hacienda/Nation-Quid Pro Quo 59
10. 3 Dulce Maria Loynaz: Garden/Nation- Parva Domus: Magna Quies 88
11. 4 Jean Rhys: Island/Nation-Hortus Conclusus 108
12. 5 Simone Schwarz-Bart: Provision Grounds/Nation- Et in Arcadia Ego 132
13. 6 Gioconda Belli: Urban House/Nation-Domi Nostre 165
14. Notes 199
15. Selected Bibliography 203
16. Index 217