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Chilean Women's Poetry under Neoliberalism, 1980-2020 explores how the works of 6 women poets interact with the imposition and development of neoliberalism in Chile over 4 decades. The book follows a chronology that joins poetic work that criticises the model from its inception during dictatorship times (1980s), through a democratic transition that did not live up to its expectations (1990s), until the naturalisation of neoliberalism as a new normal that seems not possible to overcome (2000s). Finally, the 2010s show how the great inequalities denounced in the works from the previous 3 decades found concrete resistance through the October 2019 social revolt. This juncture brings new poetry hoping for a refoundation of Chile while also imagining the failure of a revolutionary movement. In the end, the latter came to pass.
Contents
List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Women's Poetry in Neoliberal Chile, 1980-2020
Part I: 1980s. Confronting the Darkness in the Pinochet Era
1. Bobby Sands desfallece en el muro (1983) by Carmen Berenguer
2. La bandera de Chile (1981/1991) by Elvira Hernández
Part II: 1990s. Expressing Disillusion in the Early Transition to Democracy
3. Escrito en Braille (1999) by Alejandra del Río
4. Uranio (1999) by Marina Arrate
Part III: 2000s. Depicting Inescapability and Despair in Neoliberal Times
5. ©Copyright (2003) by Nadia Prado
6. Bracea (2007) by Malú Urriola
Epilogue: The 2019 Uprising and Beyond
Index
