Cultural diversity in Latin American literature

By David William Foster

Subjects: Argentine drama, Intellectual life, Judaism and literature, Books and reading, Gays' writings, Latin American, Children's literature, history and criticism, Jewish authors, Children's literature, Latin American, Children, Latin american literature, history and criticism, Marginality, Social, History and criticism, Feminism and literature, Social Marginality, Jews, Literature and society, Latin American literature, Gays, Jewish dramatists, Gays' writings, history and criticism

Description: "Foster continues the same line of study initiated in 1985 with the publication of Alternative voices in the Latin American narrative (see HLAS 48:5657). Questions body of literary criticism devoted exclusively to the study of major Latin American authors. Seeks to broaden understanding of the history of lettered production in Latin America by examining a more diverse body of works. Studies gay culture, children's and women's literature, and Argentine Jewish theater as representative of a national consciousness. Carefully researched and clearly written"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.