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Author:

Unruh, Vicky.

Title:

Performing women and modern literary culture in Latin America : intervening acts / Vicky Unruh.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Latin American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Écrits de femmes latino-américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature latino-américaine--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-266) and index.

Contents:

A refusal to perform : Patrícia Galvão's spy on the wall. Alfonsina Storni's misfits: a critical refashioning of poetisa aesthetics -- Walking backwards: Victoria Ocampo's scenes of intrusion -- No place like home : Norah Lange's art of anatomy -- Choreography with words : Nellie Campobello's search for a writer's pose -- "Dressing and undressing the mind" : Antonieta Rivas Mercado's unfinished performance -- Acts of literary privilege in Havana : Mariblanca Sabas Alomá and Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta -- Ad-libs by the women of Amauta : Magda Portal and María Wiesse -- A refusal to perform : Patrícia Galvão's spy on the wall.

ISBN:

9780292709454 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292709455 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)59279681

LCCN:

2005011121

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)