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Variations on the theme of alcoholism in Rosario Castellanos's indigenist literature: A multidisciplinary analysis

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1993
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Alcoholism is one of the many grave social problems in Mexico that Rosario Castellanos depicts in her novels, short stories and plays. In her Indigenist works, Castellanos connects alcohol abuse to other social ills: poverty, violence, prejudice, exploitation of Indians and mistreatment of women and children. She has illuminated a complex, interconnected web of social crises of which alcohol is often at the center. Furthermore, anthropological, historical and medical studies on alcohol use in the locations and times in which these works take place indicate that her descriptions of the problems are based on fact. This analysis suggests that Castellanos has written about the alcohol issue in order to expose the facts surrounding it and to promote social change.
Title: Variations on the theme of alcoholism in Rosario Castellanos's indigenist literature: A multidisciplinary analysis.
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Name(s): Jarboe, Jill Fulton.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Erro-Peralta, Nora, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1993
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 132 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Alcoholism is one of the many grave social problems in Mexico that Rosario Castellanos depicts in her novels, short stories and plays. In her Indigenist works, Castellanos connects alcohol abuse to other social ills: poverty, violence, prejudice, exploitation of Indians and mistreatment of women and children. She has illuminated a complex, interconnected web of social crises of which alcohol is often at the center. Furthermore, anthropological, historical and medical studies on alcohol use in the locations and times in which these works take place indicate that her descriptions of the problems are based on fact. This analysis suggests that Castellanos has written about the alcohol issue in order to expose the facts surrounding it and to promote social change.
Identifier: 14902 (digitool), FADT14902 (IID), fau:11686 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.
Subject(s): Castellanos, Rosario--Criticism and interpretation
Drinking in literature
Indians of Mexico--Alcohol use
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