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  • 30 - Per-verse Latin American Women Poets

  • from Part IV - Women Writers in a One–World Global System: Neoliberalism, Sexuality, Subjectivity
  • Edited by Ileana Rodríguez, Ohio State University, Mónica Szurmuk
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature
    Published online:
    05 November 2015
    Print publication:
    12 November 2015, pp 504-526

  • Summary

    Women in Central America have long been witnesses and narrators of history. This chapter provides a synthesis of the literary production of women of the isthmus from the nineteenth century to the present. It focuses on repeated themes, key questions raised, and aesthetic choices with regard to textual form and content. By highlighting the work of many admirable women, the chapter demonstrates parallels with other authors of the hemisphere while also drawing attention to the singularities of the region, considering the unique contextual circumstances in which these writers implement their craft. For many who were literate, mid-nineteenth century was spent breaking away from colonial Spain, vying for political and economic position, and adjusting to the changing iterations of what would eventually become the independent republics of Central America. The early twentieth century gives rise to social realism in leftist-leaning prose from Russia to Central America.