Latin American women and the literature of madness
Subtitle: narratives at the crossroads of gender, politics and the mind
By: Elvira Sâanchez-Blake and Laura Kanost
Contributors: Kanost, Laura, 1980-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780786474851
Subjects: Social conditions; Latin American Women authors; Women; Allegory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: A dialogical journey : Cristina Peri rossi's La nave de los locos / Elvira Sønchez-Blake); title: Homesickness : Lya Luft's Exølio / Laura Kanost); title: Dissonance on display : Diamela Eltit and Paz : errøzuriz's el infarto del alma / Laura Kanost; title: See the world through my lens : Cristina Rivera Garza's Nadie me verø llorar / Elvira Sønchez-Blake; title: A poetics of madness : Laura Restrepo's delirio / Elvira Sønchez-Blake; title: Literary agency : Irene Vilar's "life-writing" / Laura Kanost; title: Conclusions; title: Chapter notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.