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In the last two decades Latin American literature has received great critical acclaim in the English-speaking world, although attention has been focused primarily on the classic works of male literary figures such as Borges, Paz, and Cortázar. More recently, studies have begun to evaluate the works of established women writers such as Sor Juana Iné
List of contents
Preface & Acknowledgments -- Women, Self, and Writing -- Introduction -- Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) -- Rachel de Queiroz -- Patricia Galvão (Mara Lobo) -- Rosario Castellanos -- Henriqueta Lisbõa -- Lygia Fagundes Telles -- Clarice Lispector -- Julieta Campos -- Nélida Piñón -- Elena Poniatowska -- Rosario Ferré -- Domitila Barrios de Chungara -- Cristina Peri-Rossi -- Diamela Eltit -- Female Textual Identities: The Strategies of Self-Figuration -- Introduction -- Delmira Agustini -- Gabriela Mistral (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga) -- Victoria Ocampo -- Alfonsina Storni -- Cecília Meireles -- Norah Lange -- Silvina Ocampo -- Elena Garro -- Olga Orozco -- Idea Vilariño -- Elvira Orphée -- Clarice Lispector -- Blanca Varela -- Margo Glantz -- Adelia Prado -- Alejandra Pizarnik -- Cristina Peri-Rossi -- Rosario Ferré -- Soledad Fariña -- Nancy Morejón -- Tamara Kamenszain -- Vanessa Droz -- Ana Cristina Cesar -- Women, History, and Ideology -- Introduction -- Paulina Luisi -- Alicia Moreau de Justo -- Magda Portal -- Eva Perón -- Hebe de Bonofini -- María Borjas & Rosario Antúnez -- Carolina Maria de Jesus -- Elena Poniatowska -- Heleieth I. B. Saffiotti -- Rigoberta Menchú -- Lourdes Arizpe
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Castro-klaren, Sara
Summary
The selections included in this Latin American literature anthology center on three major aspects of women's writing: reflections on writing and its relation to the public self, the figuration of a female textual identity, and women as agents of history and ideology.
