Reinterpreting the Spanish American essay : women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries / edited by Doris Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyer, Doris, editor.

Series:

Texas Pan American series.

The Texas Pan American series

The Texas Pan American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Spanish American essays.

Spanish American essays--19th century--History and criticism.

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

Women and literature--Latin America.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 246 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Reading these essayists is essential for gaining an understanding of Latin American literature and culture. Work focuses on feminine perspective, and in doing so, proposes a reinterpretation of the history of the genre. Includes analyses of better-known women writers: Clorinda Matto de Turner, Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni, Magda Portal, Eduarda Mansilla, Victoria Ocampo, and Rosario Ferré. Major contribution to both the study of the essay and to the work of the women included. Work could have benefitted from the inclusion of less-frequently studied women, since the classic feminist list is becoming repetitive, and, as with work on boom writers, it has nearly reached the point of exhaustion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE SPANISH AMERICAN ESSAY: A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE

"DON'T INTERRUPT ME" THE GENDER ESSAY AS CONVERSATION AND COUNTERCANON

PARIAH / MESSIAH: THE CONFLICTIVE SOCIAL IDENTITY OF FLORA TRISTAN

SLAVERY IN THE SPANISH COLONIES: THE RACIAL POLITICS OF THE COUNTESS OF MERLIN

"MEJORAR LA CONDICIÓN DE MI SECSO" THE ESSAYS OF ROSA GUERRA

SHORING UP THE "WEAKER SEX" AVELLANEDA AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY GENDER IDEOLOGY

LOST IN TRANSLATION: EDUARDA MANSILLA DE GARCÍA ON POLITICS, GENDER, AND WAR

WRITING FOR HER LIFE: THE ESSAYS OF CLORINDA MATTO DE TURNER

THE SELF: CONSTRUCTING HEROINE AMANDA LABARCA'S REFLECTIONS AT DAWN

RECIPROCAL REFLECTIONS: SPECULAR DISCOURSE AND THE SELF-AUTHORIZING VENTURE

TERESA DE LA PARRA: AMERICA'S WOMANLY SOUL

"BABEL" AND DE FRANCESCA A BEATRICE: TWO FOUNDING ESSAYS BY VICTORIA OCAMPO

ALFONSINA STORNI AS "TAO LAO" JOURNALISM'S ROVING EYE AND POETRY'S CONFESSIONAL " I "

MAGDA PORTAL, VANGUARD CRITIC

YOLANDA OREAMUNO THE ART OF PASSIONATE ENGAGEMENT

THE AMBIVALENCE OF POWER: SELF-DISPARAGEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS OF ROSARIO CASTELLANOS

CARMEN NARANJO AND COSTA RICAN CULTURE

MARGO GLANTZ, TONGUE IN HAND

SITIO A EROS: THE LIBERATED EROS OF ROSARIO FERRÉ

VISION AND TRANSGRESSION: SOME NOTES ON THE WRITING OF JULIETA KIRKWOOD

CRISTINA PERI ROSSI AND THE EROTIC IMAGINATION

WOMAN WATCHING WOMEN, WATCHING

List of Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292799370

0292799373

OCLC:

1280943554