Latin American women and the literature of madness : narratives at the crossroads of gender, politics and the mind /

Sánchez-Blake, Elvira E.

Latin American women and the literature of madness : narratives at the crossroads of gender, politics and the mind / Elvira Sønchez-Blake and Laura Kanost. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

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



9781476621104


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


Electronic Books.

HQ1460 / .L385 2015