Cultural diversity in Latin American literature

By David William Foster

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

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.