Latin American women's writing : feminist readings in theory and crisis / edited by Anny Brooksbank Jones and Catherine Davies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooksbank Jones, Anny.

Davies, Catherine, 1952-

Series:

Oxford Hispanic studies

Oxford hispanic studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Spanish American literature--Women authors.

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 250 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Summary:

This collection of essays on Latin American women's writing--written by the leading feminist critics in Latin America, the United States, and Europe--rethinks notions of gender and cultural identity and examines the specific discursive practices of a range of female-authored texts. The contributors offer fresh readings of canonical authors, such as Maria Luisa Bombal and Rosario Castellanos, and present essays on emerging Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina writers. The collection represents the most influential strands in current feminist criticism on Latin America, including psychoanalytic, post-structuralist, and Marxist approaches, with their diverse post-colonial and philosophical inflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198715137

0198715129

OCLC:

34545281