The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America

In the last two decades Latin American literature has received great critical acclaim in the English-speaking world, although attention has been focused primari

Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchú, Cherríe Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldúa, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Dant

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The selections included in this anthology centre on three major aspects of women's writing: reflections on writing and its relation to the public self, the figu