Ashes of Revolt; essays

Fredonia, N.Y.: White Pine Press, 1996. First printing (stated). Paperback. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges and covers, minor bindery flaw of rippling to wraps' coating; else Near Fine(+).. Black illus octavo, 182 pages, 23 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. Illustration of crying woman to front cover. "Includes 22 short essays, most related to culture and politics in Chile before, during, and after the Pinochet dictatorship; more than half previously published in English between 1990-95. Many treat questions of women's oppression and resistance to power. Several pieces are autobiographical in nature. Includes endnotes to many essays and translators' biographies. Translations all of high quality"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. Contents: Introduction / Diane Russell-Pineda -- My City -- Neruda in the Soul, Neruda in Isla Negra -- In the Fog I Remember -- Always From Somewhere Else: Reflections on Exile -- Anne Frank or the Landscape Unrooted -- A Dream of Shadows: Writing, Speaking, Becoming -- Poetry: An Act of Love -- How to Speak With the Dead? -- So We Will Not Forget: Literature and Human Rights in Latin America -- Vision and Transgression: Some Notes on the Writing of Julieta Kirkwood -- Inhabitants of Decayed Palaces: The Dictator in the Latin American Novel -- Passion and Memory: Women Writers in Latin America -- Talking About Culture: Chile and the United States -- The Disenchanted Generation -- Democracy for a Ghost Nation -- Cities of Life, Cities of Change -- Women, Politics, and Society in Chile -- The Dance of Life: Women and Human Rights in Chile -- Remnants -- Summer in the Southern Hemisphere -- Isla Negra -- Letter from Chile. Human rights -- Chile.