Latin American women and the literature of madness : narratives at the crossroads of gender, politics and the mind / Elvira Sánchez-Blake and Laura Kanost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez-Blake, Elvira E. (Elvira Elizabeth), author.

Kanost, Laura, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Latin America--21st century.

Women.

Women--Latin America--Social conditions.

Women authors, Latin American.

Latin America.

Social conditions.

Women authors, Latin American--Latin America.

Allegory.

Physical Description:

ix, 176 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

At the turn of the millennium, narrative works by Latin American women writers have represented madness within contexts of sociopolitical strife and gender inequality. This book explores contemporary Latin American realities through madness narrativesly prominent women authors, including Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay), Lya Luft (Brazil), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico), Laura Restrepo (Colombia) and Irene Vilar (Puerto Rico). Close reading of these works reveals a pattern of literary techniques-a "poetics of madness"-employed by the writers to represent conditions that defy language, make sociopolitical crises tangible and register cultural perceptions of mental illness through literature. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

A dialogical journey : Cristina Peri rossi's La nave de los locos / Elvira Sønchez-Blake)

Homesickness : Lya Luft's Exølio / Laura Kanost)

Dissonance on display : Diamela Eltit and Paz : errøzuriz's el infarto del alma / Laura Kanost

See the world through my lens : Cristina Rivera Garza's Nadie me verø llorar / Elvira Sønchez-Blake

A poetics of madness : Laura Restrepo's delirio / Elvira Sønchez-Blake

Literary agency : Irene Vilar's "life-writing" / Laura Kanost

Conclusions

Chapter notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786474851

0786474858

OCLC:

907132900