Other Fridas

Luciana Namorato is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington.Débora Thomé conducts post-doctoral research at Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo and teaches at the Columbia Women’s Leadership Network.João Nemi Neto is senior lecturer in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University.

The Other Fridas is an important contribution to feminist and gender studies, particularly in the context of Latin American female artists. The collection of sixteen articles aims to bring attention to the work of underrecognized Latin American women artists who worked from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century. These artists, working across various forms of art like photography, painting, novels, poetry, film, and music, have been historically overlooked by both the public and academia. Given its interdisciplinary approach, The Other Fridas will likely become a valuable resource for courses in cultural studies, feminism, and gender studies, promoting the recognition of these artists worldwide.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Other Fridas Luciana Namorato and Débora ThoméSection I: Art as ImageChapter 1: Out from the Shadows: Vida, Trabajo y Legado de Lola Álvarez Bravo Ann Marie LeimerChapter 2: The Unseen Cancerous Body: Challenging the Normative Eroticized Breast in the Photo Book Recursos Humanos (2000), by Gabriela Liffschitz (Rosita Scerbo) Chapter 3: Luisa Géigel Brunet, 1916–2008: Hidden Icon of the Arts in Puerto Rico Yamila Azize-VargasChapter 4: The Mythological Consciousness of Belkis Ayón: A Path for Resistance Elvira Aballí MorellChapter 5: Judith F. Baca before El Taller Siqueiros: Collective Production and the 1976 Section of The Great Wall of Los Angeles Andrea LepageSection II: Art as TextChapter 6: Guadalupe Marín and the texto desmadrado Alysa SchroffChapter 7: Yolanda Bedregal: On Women’s Writing Maria Elva EcheniqueChapter 8: Astrid H. Roemer: Postcolonial Writing in the Black Diaspora Ben De WitteChapter 9: Freedom Lost, Freedom Found in the Poetry of Delmira Agustini and Juana de Ibarbourou Anastasiya StoynevaSection III: Art as FormChapter 10: Embroidering Folk Culture: Violeta Parra’s Art Lorna DillonChapter 11: Metal Bodies: Discourses on the Body in the Work in Metal of Contemporary Peruvian Women Artists Gabriela GermanáChapter 12: Redeeming Memory Through the Dysfunctional, Dis-United “No-Body”: A Neo-Baroque Approach to Doris Salcedo’s Artistic Work Andrea Villa RuizSection IV: Art as MovementChapter 13: Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Women in Cinema: Sônia Braga and Sara Gómez Sandra SousaChapter 14: Maria Velluti’s Mise-en-Scène: Translating a Woman Dramatist in Nineteenth-century Brazil Luciana Carvalho Fonseca and Dennys Silva-ReisChapter 15: Cannibalism, Lygia Clark’s Body, and her Anthropophagic Slobber João Nemi NetoSection V: Art as SoundChapter 16: A Musical Constellation: Sorority and Authorship in the Work of Dona Ivone Lara Mila BurnsAbout the Contributors