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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.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One. A Dialogical Journey: Cristina Peri Rossi's La nave de los locos (Elvira Sánchez-Blake)
Two. Homesickness: Lya Luft's Exílio (Laura Kanost)
Three. Dissonance on Display: Diamela Eltit and Paz Errázuriz's El infarto del alma (Laura Kanost)
Four. See the World Through My Lens: Cristina Rivera Garza's Nadie me verá llorar (Elvira Sánchez-Blake)
Five. A Poetics of Madness: Laura Restrepo's Delirio (Elvira Sánchez-Blake)
Six. Literary Agency: Irene Vilar's Life-Writing (Laura Kanost)
Conclusions
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index