Chapter 7 Ad-libs by the Women of Amauta: Magda Portal and María Wiesse

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: The “Fatal Fact” of the New Woman Writer in Latin America, 1920s–1930s 1
6. Chapter 1 Alfonsina Storni’s Misfits: A Critical Refashioning of Poetisa Aesthetics 30
7. Chapter 2 Walking Backwards: Victoria Ocampo’s Scenes of Intrusion 52
8. Chapter 3 No Place Like Home: Norah Lange’s Art of Anatomy 72
9. Chapter 4 Choreography with Words: Nellie Campobello’s Search for a Writer’s Pose 92
10. Chapter 5 “Dressing and Undressing the Mind”: Antonieta Rivas Mercado’s Unfi nished Performance 115
11. Chapter 6 Acts of Literary Privilege in Havana: Mariblanca Sabas Alomá and Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta 135
12. Chapter 7 Ad-libs by the Women of Amauta: Magda Portal and María Wiesse 165
13. Chapter 8 A Refusal to Perform: Patrícia Galvão’s Spy on the Wall 195
14. Notes 222
15. References 246
16. Index 267