{"id":970,"date":"2015-11-15T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=970"},"modified":"2018-10-09T06:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T06:11:44","slug":"castellanos-rosario-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/castellanos-rosario-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CASTELLANOS, Rosario"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWe have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Rosario Castellanos<\/strong>, Mexican author & diplomat<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Not Poetry, Then What?\u201d (1973), ed. & trans. Maureen Ahern, A Rosario Castellanos Reader<\/em>, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1988, p. 258<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Essay]\n

\u201cWe had to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.<\/p>\n

And I feel so free that I can begin with \u201cdialogue of the most honorable men,\u201d I mean, with other writers. On an<\/p>\n

equal basis. On a first-name basis.\u201d (p. 258)<\/p>\n

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Original Spanish<\/em><\/strong> title<\/em><\/strong>:\u201cSi poes\u00eda no eres t\u00fa entonces \u00bfqu\u00e9?\u201d (1973) Mujer que sabe lat\u00edn<\/em>, Fondo de Cultura<\/p>\n

Economica, edition 2003, p. 161<\/p>\n

Spanish-language text<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cHay que re\u00edr, pues. Y la risa, ya lo sabemos, es el primer testimonio de la libertad.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5eb5c-3754″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 A Rosario Castellanos Reader<\/em> (1988) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-292-77039-1<\/p>\n[\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Rosario Castellanos <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n