Speaking of sex and pleasure. Words of Latin American women poets Cover Image

Hablando de sexo y de placer. Palabra de poetas latinoamericanas
Speaking of sex and pleasure. Words of Latin American women poets

Author(s): María Jesús Fariña Busto
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Latin American women poets; sex; pleasure; patriarchal culture; vindication

Summary/Abstract: This paper highlights the way in which some Latin American women poets from different decades of the twentieth century, and from different countries, approached the territory of desire and pleasure, at times vindicating it by revealing how patriarchal culture denied them their expression, both in life as in literature, at other times, simply and decisively, proclaiming it without any kind of restriction. To this goal, significant examples of poetic approaches, emphases, and different tones are provided throughout the article.

  • Issue Year: 1/2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 17-32
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Spanish