Violence and Gender in Africa’s Iberian Colonies: Feminizing the Portuguese and Spanish Empire, 1950s–1970s

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paralysis of academics (74)—“Great Books” like Don Quixote and Hamlet. Nor does Kellman hide his derision at Stavans’s hyperbolic suggestion that dissent is as stifled in American universities as it was under the Pinochet dictatorship. Kellman leaves readers with the impression that he is thoroughly exasperated by Stavans; understandably so, I think. He cites his “irritating Ilanisms” (92), his inconstancy, evasiveness, and lack of patience with no small degree of frustration. There is respect here, and admiration for Stavans’s extraordinary productivity and versatility, but I do not think Kellman got much enjoyment out of researching this book. I for one am grateful for his concise, clear-sighted summary of an overwhelming body of work. Ellen Jones Queen Mary University of London e.c.jones@qmul.ac.uk