The Gothic in Cristina García's "The Agüero Sisters"

[...]The Agüero Sisters' femicidal plot links it to the central concerns of contemporary female Gothic tales.2 García incorporates the Gothic into her story by evoking fear, the uncanny, and these gothic tales. [...]she emphasizes the processes of transculturation that influence not only US Lat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Melus 2012-09, Vol.37 (3), p.117-139
1. Verfasser:	Gonzalez, Tanya
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American literature Analysis Anxiety British & Irish literature Criticism and interpretation Cuban literature English literature Fear Garcia, Cristina (1958- ) García, Cristina Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) Gothic literature Latin American culture Latin American literature Literary criticism Magical realism Mothers Narratives Novelists Novels Postpartum depression Printing Reading Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851) Skin & tissue grafts Traditions Violence
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]The Agüero Sisters' femicidal plot links it to the central concerns of contemporary female Gothic tales.2 García incorporates the Gothic into her story by evoking fear, the uncanny, and these gothic tales. [...]she emphasizes the processes of transculturation that influence not only US Latina/o works but also much of world literature.
ISSN:	0163-755X 1946-3170 1946-3170
DOI:	10.1353/mel.2012.0038