Performing women and modern literary culture in Latin America : intervening acts / Vicky Unruh.

Author/creator Unruh, Vicky
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Latin American literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Latin American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents The "fatal fact" of the new woman writer in Latin America, 1920s-1930s -- Alfonsina Storni's misfits: a critical refashioning of poetisa aesthetics -- Walking backwards: Victoria Ocampo's scenes of intrusion -- No place like home : Norah Lange's art of anatomy -- Choreography with words : Nellie Campobello's search for a writer's pose -- "Dressing and undressing the mind" : Antonieta Rivas Mercado's unfinished performance -- Acts of literary privilege in Havana : Mariblanca Sabas Alomá and Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta -- Ad-libs by the women of Amauta : Magda Portal and María Wiesse -- A refusal to perform : Patrícia Galvão's spy on the wall.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [246]-266) and index.
LCCN 2005011121
ISBN0292709455 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292709454