The twelve essays in this volume on Latin American women's writing are written from an explicitly theoretical and academic feminist perspective. The contributors - leading female academics working in Latin America, the US, and Europe - rethink notions of gendered and cultural identity and examine the specific discursive practices of a range of female-authored texts. The volume has been designed to appeal to various academic needs. It offers fresh readings of canonized writers, such as Marie Luisa Bombal and Rosario Castellanos; studies of established writers, such as Elena Poniatowska, Griselda Gambaro, Alejandra Pizarnik and Sonia Coutinho; and essays on Latin American, Hispanic Caribbean and Latina writers currently building their literary reputation. The theoretical feminist approaches reflect some of the most influential strands in current Latin American feminist criticism; psychoanalysis, post-structuralist and Marxist approaches are represented with their diverse post-colonial and philosophical inflections. The editorial introduction draws out the theoretical assumptions of each essay and relates these to the general aims of the volume.
Reviews
this text certainly fulfils the remit of the series in that it consists of innovative and challenging work in the important field of Latin American feminist literary criticism ... It is a valuable addition to the growing number of studies which engage with the relationship between theory, experience and politics ... it is certainly to be recommended for those engaged in postgraduate study in the field and will no doubt be of interest to those working in gender theory within Hispanic Studies * Vanessa Knights, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne *
Jones and Davies's anthology explores feminist discourses forged at the intersection of theory and crisis... While all of the essays raise issues of significance to feminist theorists, the pieces on some of the less canonical writers are especially compelling... Jones and Davies's anthology enriches the ongoing debates about the role of feminist critical theory in Latin American studies. * Barbara J. Risman, Signs *
By the time this review is published, institutional libraries and individuals with a particular interest in Latin-American Feminist studies will already have purchased this volume, recognizing it as an indispensible one. Anny Brooksbank Jones and Catherine Davies are to be most warmly congratulated on what is in every way (including, in passing the translations done by the two editors) an admirable, polished and truly intelligent collaborative venture from which students and specialists alike will derive stimulus for years to come. - Verity Smith - Bulletin of Hispanic Studies No 3. July 1999



Book Information
ISBN 9780198715139
Author Anny Brooksbank Jones
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Clarendon Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 139mm * 15mm