women and writing in Mexico since 1980
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Finnegan, Nuala
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- LAT 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- literatuur, schrijvers, macht, ontwikkeling, feminisme, populaire cultuur, uitgevers, receptie, Mexico, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009
- Description
- The explosion in publishing by women in Mexico since the 1980s is called the 'boom feminino'. Many of the writers take an ambivalent position on processes of modernisation. This book uses a variety of critical approaches within a feminist framework to examine ambivalent positions of the Mexican authors and the persons or characters they describe. It also examines aspects of other players in the literary process like publishing houses, critics and readers. The author offers close readings of work by Silvia Molina, Sara Sefchovich, Susana Págano, Brianda Domecq, Guadelupe Loaeza and Rosamaría Roffiel and considers the reaction to and reception of best-selling author Angeles Mastretta.