Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness
Mental Disturbance at the Crossroads of Politics and Gender
Laura Kanost author Elvira Sánchez-Blake author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:30th Apr '15
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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.
“valuable...essential academic resource”—Hispania; “in-depth study...impressive exploration of contemporary literary representations of madness in Latin American narratives...essential”—Letras Femininas; “an important contribution to the field of Latin American literary and women’s studies. The most outstanding contribution of this book is thorough and clear review of theoretical and critical texts regarding madness...of the utmost importance.”—Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature.
ISBN: 9780786474851
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 272g
188 pages