Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-266) and index.

The "fatal fact" of the new woman writer in Latin America, 1920s-1930s -- Alfonsina Storni's misfits: a critical refashioning of poetisa aesthetics -- Walking backwards: Victoria Ocampo's scenes of intrusion -- No place like home : Norah Lange's art of anatomy -- Choreography with words : Nellie Campobello's search for a writer's pose -- "Dressing and undressing the mind" : Antonieta Rivas Mercado's unfinished performance -- Acts of literary privilege in Havana : Mariblanca Sabas Alom�a and Ofelia Rodr�iguez Acosta -- Ad-libs by the women of Amauta : Magda Portal and Mar�ia Wiesse -- A refusal to perform : Patr�icia Galv�ao's spy on the wall.

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