{"product_id":"latin-american-women-and-the-literature-of-madness-narratives-at-the-crossroads-of-gender-politics-and-the-mind-paperback","title":"Latin American Women and the Literature of Madness: Narratives at the Crossroads of Gender, Politics and the Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElvira Sánchez-Blake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Kanost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElvira Sánchez-Blake\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Latin American literature and culture at Michigan State University. Her publications include books, short stories, theatrical plays and poetry. She lives in Florida. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Kanost\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Spanish at Kansas State University. Her studies on constructions of gender and disability in Latin American literature have appeared in various journals, including \u003ci\u003eHispanic Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrontiers\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the editor of the open access journal \u003ci\u003eStudies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Manhattan, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723099344959,"sku":"9780786474851","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/50886fae0c6564a97013547a50a8da2f.webp?v=1765098011","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/latin-american-women-and-the-literature-of-madness-narratives-at-the-crossroads-of-gender-politics-and-the-mind-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}