Bending the rules in the quest for an authentic female identity : Clarice Lispector and Carmen Boullosa

Publication Data

• Title Bending the rules in the quest for an authentic female identity : Clarice Lispector and Carmen Boullosa
• Author Cristina Santos
• Publisher P. Lang
• Publication date 2004
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

The feminine condition in Clarice Lispector
Approaching a discourse with the other
Retrieving the primordial sense of being : a Paixo segundo G.H.
Writing through the mask of the other : A hora da estrela
The feminine condition in Carmen Boullosa
Enunciating the self in writing
Why is the queen so evil? : feminine sexuality in "Blancanieves"
"I love you to death" : Boullosa's interview with a vampire in Isabel.

Topics

• Lispector, Clarice :: Criticism and interpretation
• Boullosa, Carmen :: Criticism and interpretation
• Latin American literature :: Women authors :: History and criticism
• Latin American literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• Women and literature :: Latin America :: History :: 20th century
• Women in literature
• Sex role in literature
• Identity (Psychology) in literature

Bending the rules in the quest for an authentic female identity : Clarice Lispector and Carmen Boullosa by Cristina Santos. ISBN 0820469173. Published by P. Lang in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.