Tag: literary criticism

• Book Excerpt: In(ter)ventions of the Self

  

  In honor of Gabriel García Márquez’s birthday today, below is an excerpt from In(ter)ventions of the Self: Writing and the Autobiographical Subject in Hispanic American Literature (1974–2002), in which Professor Sergio R. Franco discusses the Nobel laureate’s autobiography Vivir para contarla: Vivir para contarla appeared in 2002. It is both necessary and useless to recall…

  Cambria Press

  March 6, 2022

  Cambria Press, Latin American Studies, Literature

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• #MLA18 Book Launch: The Monster as War Machine

  Meet Dr. Mabel Moraña, William H. Gass Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and winner of the 2013 MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, on Saturday (January 6) at 11:30 a.m. at the Cambria Press booth (101) for a book signing for her latest book, The Monster as War Machine. This…

  Cambria Press

  December 13, 2017

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• #BookReview of CONTEMPORARY #CHICANA LITERATURE by journal Contemporary Women’s Writing

  Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script has been reviewed in the journal Contemporary Women’s Writing (published by Oxford University Press), and we congratulate Dr. Cristina Herrera on the outstanding book review. The review states that “The strengths of Herrera’s work are undeniable. She offers insightful and nuanced interpretations of…

  Cambria Press

  July 23, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Culture

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• About Coupon Code MEDIEVAL2015 from Cambria Press – International Congress on #Medieval Studies

  Yesterday, Cambria Press tweeted about the trailers for Fantasy and Science-Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones and The Middle Ages in Popular Culture: Medievalism and Genre, two new books from Cambria Press. There have been questions about the  35% coupon code MEDIEVAL2015 from Cambria Press, which was promoted during the International Congress on Medieval Studies. We are…

  Cambria Press

  July 22, 2015

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• #MLA15 Look for This Banner in the Exhibit Hall

  MLA attendees, look for this banner when you are in the book exhibit hall. It will be right in front, near the entrance, and it will take you to the Cambria Press booth 402 where you can browse our books and take part in our #MLA15 book giveaway draw. Simply: Browse our books at booth…

  Cambria Press

  December 14, 2014

  Literature, MLA

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• Cambria Press New Book! Unnatural Reproductions and Monstrosity: The Birth of the Monster in Literature, Film, and Media

  Much has been written about gender and the monstrous, but sustained engagement with textual manifestations of cultural and unconscious fears and anxieties about “unnatural” reproduction has been limited. This fascinating book expands the current discourse on the monstrous reproductive potential of bodies—as well as minds—from a more interdisciplinary and transhistorical framework. While scholarly interest in…

  Cambria Press

  August 21, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Film Studies, Literature, MLA, Women’s Studies

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• Cambria Press New Book! Rebecca Brown: Literary Subversions of Homonormalization

  “In the context of queer kinship, too, Brown’s presentation of a wide range of social options typically takes the form of a critical examination. She devotes attention to the influence of class on the possibility of constructing a “family of choice,” thereby distancing herself from the optimism of gay commentators who stress the unlimited freedom…

  Cambria Press

  April 7, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Literature, Women’s Studies

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• Cambria Press Book Review: Anglophone Literatures in the Asian Diaspora is “ambitious, and it certainly succeeds”!

  Cambria Press congratulates Karen An-hwei Lee on the superb review of her new book Anglophone Literatures in the Asian Diaspora: Literary Transnationalism and Translingual Migrations by the International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (IJCLTS)! The journal review praises the book because of “the use of concepts such as translation and migration in a…

  Cambria Press

  January 16, 2014

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• MLA 2014 annual convention: Incredible Success for Cambria Press!

  Cambria Press enjoyed yet another tremendously successful MLA annual convention this year! One of the many reasons was that the Cambria Press booth was in a prime location–right in front of the MLA book exhibit hall entrance. There was a great deal of traffic, and attendees had very nice things to say about the display.…

  Cambria Press

  January 14, 2014

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• RMMLA 2013 Annual Convention — A Great Success!

  With much gratitude to the RMMLA committee, in particular Joy Landeira and Christopher Lupke, Cambria Press had a very productive and enjoyable time at the RMMLA 2013 annual convention. Cambria Press director Toni Tan was heartened to meet many scholars daring enough to push the envelope when it comes to scholarship, given how Toni Tan‘s speech was…

  Cambria Press

  October 15, 2013

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