Contents

pp v-vi

Introduction

pp 1-18

I - Colombia

pp 19-20

1 - Sadistic sexual femicide in Alejandra Jaramillo Morales’s Acaso la muerte

pp 21-38

2 - Political madness in Laura Restrepo’s Delirio

pp 39-52

II - Cuba

pp 53-54

3 - Homophobia in Ena Lucía Portela’s Cien botellas en una pared

pp 55-76

4 - Racism and gender violence in Wendy Guerra’s Negra

pp 77-94

III - Argentina

pp 95-96

5 - Femicide in rural Argentina in Selva Almada’s Chicas muertas

pp 97-116

6 - The control over women’s bodies in Claudia Piñeiro’s Quién no

pp 117-136

IV - Chile

pp 137-138

7 - The posthuman female body in lockdown in Diamela Eltit’s Fuerzas especiales

pp 139-156

8 - The distant death of a female body in Carla Guelfenbein’s Contigo en la distancia

pp 157-172

V - Mexico

pp 173-174

9 - Derogatory hegemonic masculinity in Lydia Cacho’s Ellos hablan

pp 175-194

10 - Abjection of the female body in Fernanda Melchor’s Temporada de huracanes

pp 195-214

Conclusion

pp 215-220

Bibliography

pp 221-236

Index

pp 237-239

Tamesis

pp 240-240