| Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Narratives at the Crossroads of Gender, Politics and the Mind Contributor(s): Sánchez-Blake, Elvira (Author), Kanost, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786474858 ISBN-13: 9780786474851 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2015013515 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.60 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the turn of the millennium, narrative works by Latin American women writers have represented madness within contexts of sociopolitical strife and gender inequality. This book explores contemporary Latin American realities through madness narratives by prominent women authors, including Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay), Lya Luft (Brazil), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico), Laura Restrepo (Colombia) and Irene Vilar (Puerto Rico). Close reading of these works reveals a pattern of literary techniques--a poetics of madness--employed by the writers to represent conditions that defy language, make sociopolitical crises tangible and register cultural perceptions of mental illness through literature. |
