Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Women in Ancient America: The Indigenous World
- Part II Women Writers in Creole Societies: Nation Building Projects
- Part III Women Writers In-Between: Socialist, Modern, Developmentalists, and Liberal Democratic Ideals
- 12 Women Writers in the Revolution
- 13 Revolutionary Insurgencies, Paradigmatic Cases
- 14 The Women of the Avant-Gardes
- 15 Dissident Cosmopolitanisms
- 16 Boom,Realismo Mágico– Boom andBoomito
- 17 Poetry-Fugue
- 18 Mexican Migrations
- 19 Displaced Selves
- 20 The View from Here
- 21 Women Writing in the Andes
- 22 Rebellion, Revision, and Renewal
- 23 Central American Women’s Literature
- 24 Writing Violence
- 25 New/Old Indigenous Paradigms in Maya Women’s Literary Production
- 26 Genres of the Real
- 27 Performances
- 28 Mothers and Children in Biopolitical Networks
- Part IV Women Writers in a One–World Global System: Neoliberalism, Sexuality, Subjectivity
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
17 - Poetry-Fugue
Latin American Women and the Lyrical Move
from Part III - Women Writers In-Between: Socialist, Modern, Developmentalists, and Liberal Democratic Ideals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women’s Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction
- Part I Women in Ancient America: The Indigenous World
- Part II Women Writers in Creole Societies: Nation Building Projects
- Part III Women Writers In-Between: Socialist, Modern, Developmentalists, and Liberal Democratic Ideals
- 12 Women Writers in the Revolution
- 13 Revolutionary Insurgencies, Paradigmatic Cases
- 14 The Women of the Avant-Gardes
- 15 Dissident Cosmopolitanisms
- 16 Boom,Realismo Mágico– Boom andBoomito
- 17 Poetry-Fugue
- 18 Mexican Migrations
- 19 Displaced Selves
- 20 The View from Here
- 21 Women Writing in the Andes
- 22 Rebellion, Revision, and Renewal
- 23 Central American Women’s Literature
- 24 Writing Violence
- 25 New/Old Indigenous Paradigms in Maya Women’s Literary Production
- 26 Genres of the Real
- 27 Performances
- 28 Mothers and Children in Biopolitical Networks
- Part IV Women Writers in a One–World Global System: Neoliberalism, Sexuality, Subjectivity
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Musical discourse about poetry, especially when late nineteenth and early twentieth century traditional forms integrate distinctive melodic prosody, seems an appropriate metaphorical frame to understand contemporary Latin American women's verses. This chapter focuses on key periods in Latin America, in which women poets have sought to capture, imitate, or downright reject poetic modes of (self-) representation. It is important to remember that, while many of these poets articulate their own gender discourse in their lyrics, feminin difference is only one of many themes recurring in their work. The 1920s and 1930s are considered to be some of the most active years for the posmodernistas to break rhythm and introduce new tropes and lyrical schemes. For Latin American female poets, the struggle to maintain an aesthetic "feminine" voice encourages them to turn to the quicker, often harsher rhythms and unusual auditory sounds of avant-garde poetry.
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- The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature , pp. 296 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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