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The first multi-country study of Latin American women writers of the 1920s and 1930s, a key period that paved the way for the Boom generation of the 1960s and 1970s.

Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The "Fatal Fact" of the New Woman Writer in Latin America, 1920s-1930s
  • Chapter 1. Alfonsina Storni's Misfits: A Critical Refashioning of Poetisa Aesthetics
  • Chapter 2. Walking Backwards: Victoria Ocampo's Scenes of Intrusion
  • Chapter 3. No Place Like Home: Norah Lange's Art of Anatomy
  • Chapter 4. Choreography with Words: Nellie Campobello's Search for a Writer's Pose
  • Chapter 5. "Dressing and Undressing the Mind": Antonieta Rivas Mercado's Unfinished Performance
  • Chapter 6. Acts of Literary Privilege in Havana: Mariblanca Sabas Alomá and Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta
  • Chapter 7. Ad-libs by the Women of Amauta: Magda Portal and María Wiesse
  • Chapter 8. A Refusal to Perform: Patrícia Galvão's Spy on the Wall
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292739352, 978-0292739352
      ISBN10: 0292739354

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first multi-country study of Latin American women writers of the 1920s and 1930s, a key period that paved the way for the Boom generation of the 1960s and 1970s.

      Table of Contents
      • Abbreviations
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction. The "Fatal Fact" of the New Woman Writer in Latin America, 1920s-1930s
      • Chapter 1. Alfonsina Storni's Misfits: A Critical Refashioning of Poetisa Aesthetics
      • Chapter 2. Walking Backwards: Victoria Ocampo's Scenes of Intrusion
      • Chapter 3. No Place Like Home: Norah Lange's Art of Anatomy
      • Chapter 4. Choreography with Words: Nellie Campobello's Search for a Writer's Pose
      • Chapter 5. "Dressing and Undressing the Mind": Antonieta Rivas Mercado's Unfinished Performance
      • Chapter 6. Acts of Literary Privilege in Havana: Mariblanca Sabas Alomá and Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta
      • Chapter 7. Ad-libs by the Women of Amauta: Magda Portal and María Wiesse
      • Chapter 8. A Refusal to Perform: Patrícia Galvão's Spy on the Wall
      • Notes
      • References
      • Index

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