Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries (Texas Pan American Series) [Hardcover]

Doris Meyer (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Texas Pan American Series | Publication Date: February 1995

Latin American women have long written essays on topics ranging from gender identity and the female experience to social injustice, political oppression, lack of educational opportunities, and the need for female solidarity in a patriarchal environment. But this rich vein of writing has often been ignored and is rarely studied. This volume of twenty-one original studies by noted experts in Latin American literature seeks to recover and celebrate the accomplishments of Latin American women essayists. Taking a variety of critical approaches, the authors look at the way women writers have interpreted the essay genre, molded it to their expression, and created an intellectual tradition of their own. Some of the writers they treat are Flora Tristan, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Victoria Ocampo, Alfonsina Storni, Rosario Ferre, Christina Peri Rossi, and Elena Poniatowska. This book is the first of a two-volume project that will reexamine the Latin American essay from a feminist perspective. The second volume, also edited by Doris Meyer, will contain thirty-six essays in translation by twenty-two women authors.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr; 1st edition (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292751672
• ISBN-13: 978-0292751675
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,363,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)