Book cover of La condesa sangrienta
by Alejandra Pizarnik
image copyright by Santiago Caruso

It is possible to study gender-related issues (both femininities and masculinities) under a wide range of topics. More specifically, topics which encourage the study of works by women, either on their own or in comparison with men's work, are: Escritura femenina, Latin American Women's Poetry and Visual Identites. There are also individual author/artist questions (Section B) on the work of Rosario Castellanos and Frida Kahlo. This page brings together some resources and links for gender-related topics.

Contents

• Lecture notes handouts:
  • Lecture notes on Alfonsina Storni and Alejandra Pizarnik (graphic intensive, first page may take some time to load)
  • Extracts from the later poetry of Alfonsina Storni (for Women's Poetry lecture)
  • Multimedia resource on the poetry of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (for the Women's Poetry topic)

• On-line resources
  • A website on the work of Alfonsina Storni, for the Women's Poetry topic; listen to Mercedes Sosa's popular song about Storni, Alfonsina y el mar
  • A website on the work of Alejandra Pizarnik with lots of interesting academic articles, letters, etc.; and another website, including extracts from her work
  • An archive with some material on María Luisa Bombal (including a "Testimonio autobiográfico")
  • The on-line Encyclopaedia of Latin American Women Writers