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Author:

S©Łnchez-Blake, Elvira E. (Elvira Elizabeth), author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

ix, 176 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Women--Latin America--21st century.
Women--Latin America--Social conditions.
Women authors, Latin American--Latin America.
Allegory.

Other Authors:

Kanost, Laura, 1980- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- A dialogical journey : Cristina Peri rossi's La nave de los locos / Elvira S©ınchez-Blake) -- Homesickness : Lya Luft's Ex©ılio / Laura Kanost) -- Dissonance on display : Diamela Eltit and Paz : err©ızuriz's el infarto del alma / Laura Kanost -- See the world through my lens : Cristina Rivera Garza's Nadie me ver©ı llorar / Elvira S©ınchez-Blake -- A poetics of madness : Laura Restrepo's delirio / Elvira S©ınchez-Blake -- Literary agency : Irene Vilar's "life-writing" / Laura Kanost -- Conclusions -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

0786474858
9780786474851

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907132900

LCCN:

2015013515

Locations:

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