Abstract

Medeiros-Lichem, who is a strong writer, presents a revision of her dissertation (in comparative literature from Carleton U., Ottawa, Canada) on the writing of nine women writers from Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. Using a theoretical approach she calls feminist deconstruction, with emphasis on the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, Medeiros-Lichem provides a close critical reading of the works of Teresa de la Parra, Maria Luisa Bombal, Clarice Lispector, Marta Lynch, Angeles Mastretta, Elena Poniatowska, and Luisa Valenzuela, among others. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.