Ties That Bind

<I>The Ties That Bind</I> comprises the first collection of critical essays that explore the family system in Spanish and Latin American culture. This thought-provoking volume addresses the intersection of language narrative structure social reality and family dynamics through examples from a diverse range of literary works including Cervantes' <I>Don Quijote</I> Reinaldo Arenas' <I>Celestino antes del alba</I> and the Chicano film <I>My Family/Mi Familia</I>. Issues of feminism gender and sexuality abuse trauma and communication take the forefront in this ground-breaking book which takes psychological literary criticism a step beyond traditional psychoanalytical approaches.