Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Mental Disturbance at the Crossroads of Politics and Gender

Elvira Sanchez-Blake,Laura Kanost

Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Mental Disturbance at the Crossroads of Politics and Gender
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
30 April 2015
Pages
188
ISBN
9780786474851

Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Mental Disturbance at the Crossroads of Politics and Gender

Elvira Sanchez-Blake,Laura Kanost

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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.

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