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Read the following passage from chapter one of Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig Chapter One - Wait and you'll see. The thing is that one might he takes her out to that same restaurant again, which isn't first class but very quaint, with checkered tablecloths and everything in dark wood, or no, it must be stone, no, wait, now I know, inside it's like being in a log cabin, with gaslight and just candles on the tables. And he lifts up his glass of wine, his goblet, and proposes a toast...They touch goblets and drink without saying another word, just holding hands. All of a sudden she lets go of his hand: she's seen someone coming over to their table. It's a woman, beautiful-looking at first sight, but a second later you notice something really strange about her face, something frightening and yet it's hard to know what it is. Because it's a woman's face but it's also the face of a cat. The eyes slant up, and so peculiar, I don't know how to tell you, she has no whites to her eyes, her eyes are completely green in color, with black pupils at the center, and nothing else. And her skin very pale, as if she had a lot of powder on. - But you told me she was pretty. - Yes, she's beautiful. And from the strange outfit it's obvious she's European, her hair fixed in a sausage roll. - What's a sausage roll? - Like a...how can I explain it to you? A chignon...a coil of hair something like a tube that goes back around the head, over the forehead and all the way around in the back. - Doesn't mater, go on. - But come to think of it, maybe I'm wrong, I think she had more of a braid around her head, that's more like that part of the world. And a long dress down to the floor, and a fox stole over her shoulders. Discussion
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The Argentina ProjectThe Argentina Project is an advanced Humanities course in which students study Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, a 1976 novel about two prisoners who share a cell just prior to the start of Argentina's military dictatorship and Dirty War. In this time of censorship and loss of individual rights, a dogmatic revolutionary and a gay window dresser bond over memories of loved ones and the movies. Students study the history, government, politics, and lasting effects of Argentina's military dictatorship and Dirty War. Students also consider cultural and artistic repercussions through the lens of human rights. Categories
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