Rereading the Spanish American Essay

Doris Meyer is the Roman S. and Tatiana Weller Professor of Hispanic Studies at Connecticut College. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Victoria Ocampo: Against the Wind and the Tide (UT Press).

"The essays are clearly chosen to be different in style and content from the 'malestream' canon, and the book as a whole is full of old friends and welcome new surprises... It will be of interest not only to Latin Americanists, but also to the wider community interested in non-European gender studies and cultural studies." Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University

• PrefaceFlora Tristan On DivorceThe Countess of Merlin The Women of HavanaGertrudis GÓmez de Avellaneda WomenEduarda Mansilla de GarcÍa Life on the PampasJuana Manuela Gorriti Juana Azurduy de PadillaEmma VerdierChinchaSoledad Acosta de Samper The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish AmericaClorinda Matto de Turner Francisca Zubiaga de GamarraThe Woman Worker and the WomanAlfonsina Storni An Old StoryLetter to the Eternal FatherAgainst CharityThe Immigrant GirlWomen and LoveVictoria Ocampo BabelWoman and Her ExpressionAmanda Labarca Hubertson About CouragePersonal PagesMagda Portal Platforms for LivingToward the New WomanTeresa de la Parra The Influence of Women in the Formation of the American SoulGabriela Mistral Victoria OcampoSimilarities and Differences between the AmericasNellie Campobello My BooksYolanda Oreamuno Tropical Myths and the Costa Rican EnvironmentProtest against FolkloreRosario Castellanos Mexican CustomsCarmen Naranjo Cultural Crisis in Costa RicaMargo Glantz Two Hundred Blue WhalesMy Writing Is …Rosario FerrÉ Woman’s Authenticity in ArtJulieta Kirkwood Feminists and Political WomenCristina Peri Rossi New Year’s Eve at Daniel’sThe Fantasy of the Passive Object: Inflatable DollsElena Poniatowska The Last TurkeyList of ContributorsContents of Volume One, Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries