Literary Criticism and Social Discourse: Femininity and Women’s Writing

In this article we propose an analysis of the reception of Latin American women’s writers (1900-1950). First, we establish a dialogue between critical and social discourses, and then were late these discourses with our interpretations of female texts. In this context, we study three female images in...

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Autor principal: Luongo, Gilda
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2007
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/213
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Sumario:In this article we propose an analysis of the reception of Latin American women’s writers (1900-1950). First, we establish a dialogue between critical and social discourses, and then were late these discourses with our interpretations of female texts. In this context, we study three female images in the critical discourse: the acceptable representation of the woman-mother, the more critical of the feminist and the woman-worker, and, finally, the censured image of the lesbian-woman.