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Kanost, Laura – Hispania, 2010
Francisco Rojas Gonzalez's 1944 novel "La negra Angustias" is recognized as the only novel of the Mexican Revolution that features a black woman military officer. Critics have observed that, although this semi-biographical novel portrays Angustias as a gender nonconformist who seeks justice for women and the poor, the conclusion ushers…
Descriptors: Females, Novels, Mexicans, Blacks
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Farley, Lisa – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2004
This paper draws on the philosophical works of Emmanuel Levinas--namely, his notion of "useless suffering"--in order to open up questions of learning and community beyond typical configurations that structure (and sometimes limit) social attachments according to a requisite degree of commonality. It is argued that while discourses of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Feminism, Social Action
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de la Vega Alfaro, Eduardo; Torres San Martin, Patricia – Journal of Film and Video, 1993
Recounts the life of Adela Sequeyro, actress, journalist, and producer of two feature films in the 1930s. (RS)
Descriptors: Females, Film Criticism, Film Industry, Film Production