Allegories of transgression and transformation
Subtitle: experimental fiction by women writing under dictatorship
By: Mary Beth Tierney-Tello.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Piñon, Nélida; Eltit, Diamela, 1949-; Roffé, Reina, 1951-; Peri Rossi, Cristina, 1941-; Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Latin American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Experimental fiction, Latin American -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Latin America; Dictatorship in literature; Dissenters in literature; Allegory
Description: "The Latin American dictatorships of the 1970s-80s (dirty wars against civilian population) coincided with the period of women's liberation. Vol. deals with incursion and participation of women in all levels of society, but especially in the literary-political sphere. Work is concerned with how women writers responded to these regimes in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay through the literature of Cristina Peri Rosi, Diamela Eltit, Nélida Piñon, and Reyna Roffé. Theoretically well grounded in feminist and political theory and extremely well written, this lucid book represents a breakthrough in women's studies and a welcome respite from the feminist canon which has overworked the texts of a small number of women writers. Recommended as a point of departure for new studies on women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-279) and index.