They still dream of experimental realisation of their social Utopias, of founding isolated "phalansteres," of establishing "Home Colonies," of setting up a "Little
Icaria" -- duodecimo editions of the New Jerusalem -- and to realise all these castles in the air, they are compelled to appeal to the feelings and purses of the bourgeois.
Maria del Rosario Guerra Ayala; Limonar, Matanzas, 1962) is author of the poetry collections Un sitio bajo ei cielo (1991;, Vamonos a
Icaria (1998), winner of the prestigious New Pines Prize; and Luna de los pobres (2011), awarded the Jose Jacinto Milanes Prize.
Publications: Series "History and Feminism," in collaboration with
Icaria publishers.
And yet, the community language and culture of
Icaria was neither English nor German but French, which was unusual for communities sited in the Midwest.
Icaria is a Greek island in the Aegean ten nautical miles southwest of Samos.
Citoyennes and
Icaria. Lanham, MD: UP of America, 2005.
Beginning where he left off in Ancient
Icaria, Papalas (history, East Carolina U.) combines some of his own experiences and interviews with a traditional study of the Greek island.
Attic Greek poet from the deme (district) of
Icaria who reputedly originated the actor's role in drama.
The Icarian community sought to establish the living conditions portrayed in Etienne Cabet's 1840 utopian novel Voyage en
Icaria. The male assembly dismissed their rights, and in response the Citoyennes proclaimed that they would not be silenced by the mere sentiment of equality.