Isaac Unbound: Patriarchal Traditions in the Latin American Jewish NovelPresenting in-depth, systematic study of patriarchy in novels of contemporary South American Jewish writers, the author considers the works of Ariel Dorfman (Chile), Isaac Goldemberg (Peru), Teresa Porzecanski (Uruguay), Moacyr Scliar (Brazil), and Gerardo Mario Goloboff, Alicia Steimberg, and Mario Szichman (Argentina). "Barr successfully melds the elements of Jewish tradition and Latin American literary models". -- Darrel B. Lockhart, author of Latin American Jewish Women's Issues |
Contents
Chapter | 11 |
Navigators without a Compass and Builders without a Plan | 33 |
Os Voluntários A Estranha Nação de Rafael Mendes | 42 |
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