Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION: THE SPANISH AMERICAN ESSAY: A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE 1
4. "DON'T INTERRUPT ME" THE GENDER ESSAY AS CONVERSATION AND COUNTERCANON 10
5. PARIAH / MESSIAH: THE CONFLICTIVE SOCIAL IDENTITY OF FLORA TRISTAN 27
6. SLAVERY IN THE SPANISH COLONIES: THE RACIAL POLITICS OF THE COUNTESS OF MERLIN 37
7. "MEJORAR LA CONDICIÓN DE MI SECSO" THE ESSAYS OF ROSA GUERRA 46
8. SHORING UP THE "WEAKER SEX" AVELLANEDA AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY GENDER IDEOLOGY 57
9. LOST IN TRANSLATION: EDUARDA MANSILLA DE GARCÍA ON POLITICS, GENDER, AND WAR 68
10. WRITING FOR HER LIFE: THE ESSAYS OF CLORINDA MATTO DE TURNER 80
11. THE SELF: CONSTRUCTING HEROINE AMANDA LABARCA'S REFLECTIONS AT DAWN 90
12. RECIPROCAL REFLECTIONS: SPECULAR DISCOURSE AND THE SELF-AUTHORIZING VENTURE 102
13. TERESA DE LA PARRA: AMERICA'S WOMANLY SOUL 115
14. "BABEL" AND DE FRANCESCA A BEATRICE: TWO FOUNDING ESSAYS BY VICTORIA OCAMPO 125
15. ALFONSINA STORNI AS "TAO LAO" JOURNALISM'S ROVING EYE AND POETRY'S CONFESSIONAL " I " 135
16. MAGDA PORTAL, VANGUARD CRITIC 148
17. YOLANDA OREAMUNO THE ART OF PASSIONATE ENGAGEMENT 157
18. THE AMBIVALENCE OF POWER: SELF-DISPARAGEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS OF ROSARIO CASTELLANOS 167
19. CARMEN NARANJO AND COSTA RICAN CULTURE 177
20. MARGO GLANTZ, TONGUE IN HAND 188
21. SITIO A EROS: THE LIBERATED EROS OF ROSARIO FERRÉ 197
22. VISION AND TRANSGRESSION: SOME NOTES ON THE WRITING OF JULIETA KIRKWOOD 207
23. CRISTINA PERI ROSSI AND THE EROTIC IMAGINATION 215
24. WOMAN WATCHING WOMEN, WATCHING 227
25. List of Contributors 242