by Lina Meruane · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439734062
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In 'Against the Kids', Lina Meruane humorously questions the cultural discourses that promote the preeminence of the child in the 21st century. This revised and expanded essay warns against the return of a conservative model that aims to return women to domestic confinement. Meruane examines the return of an 'angel' who, protected by ecological rhetoric, makes imperative calls for the prolongation of breastfeeding and intensive parenting.
This controversial analysis addresses topics such as the status of contemporary couples, labor discrimination against women, and current educational systems. The author invites us to reflect on motherhood and female freedom in a context of increasing social and cultural pressures.
Lina Meruane Boza is a Chilean writer and professor. Her work, written in Spanish, has been translated into 12 languages --English, Italian, Portuguese, German, French and Arabic, among others. In 2011 she won the Anna Seghers-Preis for the quality of her work, in 2012 the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for her novel Sangre en el ojo.
