FROM THE MARGINS TO CENTRALITY: WOMEN WRITERS IN THE LITERARY HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Authors

Consuelo Meza Márquez; Magda Zavala González; Aída Toledo Arévalo; Carmen González Huguet; Enrique Jaramillo Levi; Guisela López Ramírez; Helena Ramos; Janet N. Gold; María del Socorro Robayo Pérez; María Bonilla Picado; María Roof
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33064/UAA/978-607-8782-68-0

Synopsis

This book is born out of the need to develop specific histories of the literary production of non-canonical productive groups in Central America, that is, those who, like women, have been marginalized and barely mentioned in traditional academic research, which due to the conservatism of recent periods, have tempered the efforts of alternative and/or counter-discursive academic groups. In this sense, this book responds to the imperative need to rescue from oblivion the literary processes, genres, and writers erased by the Western patriarchal orientation of literary studies.

Chapters

  • Foreword
    María Roof
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  • Introduction Retracing the steps, replanting the flowers? Towards a History of Women's Literature in Central America
  • On women's literature in Central America 2007-2018
    Consuelo Meza Márquez, Magda Zavala González
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  • Cartographic references to trace a state of the art of the history of literature written by women in Central America.
    Guisela López Ramírez
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  • Belize
  • History of Belizean women's literature
    Consuelo Meza Márquez
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  • Costa Rica
  • Women writers in Costa Rican literature
    Clearing their tracks
    Magda Zavala González
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  • Dramaturgies woven by women
    María Bonilla Picado
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  • El Salvador
  • Women writers from El Salvador
    Carmen González Huguet
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  • Guatemala
  • To speak of a blurred, indistinct and unknown corpus
    On the problems in sketching the panorama of Guatemalan literature written by women
    Aída Toledo Arévalo
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  • Honduras
  • Women writers of honduras: a history of their own
    Janet N. Gold
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  • Nicaragua
  • History of Nicaraguan Literature Written by Women
    Helena Ramos
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  • Panama
  • Poetry written by women in Panama
    Gender perspective
    María del Socorro Robayo Pérez
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  • An approach to short stories written by Panamanian women: 1931-2018.
    Enrique Jaramillo Levi
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Author Biographies

Consuelo Meza Márquez

She is a professor/researcher at the Sociology Department of the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes since 1984. Her studies include a B.A. in Sociology, specializations in Women's Studies and Cultural Studies, M.A. in Social Science Research and Ph.D. in Humanities in the Area of Literary Theory.

Magda Zavala González

She is a writer and researcher specializing in Central American literature, a philologist and educator at the University of Costa Rica. She obtained a Master's degree from the University of Lyon II, France, and a Doctorate in Letters from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, with “Highest Distinction”. She has also been a promoter, founder and first director of academic and literary institutions, such as Ístmica magazine, the Master's Degree in Central American Culture, the Doctorate in Letters and Arts in Central America (Dilaac), the INTERARTES Foundation (2011-2017) and the Costa Rican Association of Women Writers (2014-2016), of which she was a promoter and part of the founding team. She was an academic at the National University of Costa Rica and guest professor in Norway, Canada, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Aída Toledo Arévalo

She is a writer, essayist and teacher. D. in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh (2001). Master of Arts (1997). Bachelor of Arts from the University of San Carlos (1989). Postdoctoral stay in Gender Studies in the Academic Body of Gender Studies, attached to the Department of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes in Mexico (2014-2015).

Carmen González Huguet

This is how Ana del Carmen Guadalupe González Huguet, born on November 15, 1958 in San Salvador, signs her books. She has a degree in Literature and is a teacher of Secondary Education with a specialty in Literature. She was director of Publications and Printed Matter and member of the Research Department of Concultura. Since 2012 she is a member of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua, corresponding to the Real Academia de la Lengua Española. She won the Hispano-American Poetry (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 1999 and 2010) and Novel (2017) contests, the “Rogelio Sinán” Prize (Panama, 2005), the “Rafaela Contreras” Prize (Nicaragua, 2010) and the “Fernando Rielo” World Prize for Mystical Poetry (Rome, 2017). In Central America, this award has been won only by poets Laureano Albán, from Costa Rica, and David Escobar Galindo from El Salvador. He is grand master in poetry, short story and short novel having won on three different occasions the National Floral Games in each of these branches.

Enrique Jaramillo Levi

Born in Colon, Panama, December 11, 1944. Short-story writer, poet, essayist, university professor, cultural promoter, editor. Master's degrees in Literary Creation (1969) and in Hispanic American Literature (1970) from the University of Iowa; and completed doctoral studies in Ibero-American Letters at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1975). Founder in Panama, in 1996, of the National Short Story Prize “José María Sánchez” and the Central American Literature Prize “Rogelio Sinán” of the Technological University of Panama. Founder and director of the cultural magazine Maga and the Diploma in Literary Creation of the UTP. In 2005 he won the National Prize “Ricardo Miró” as a short story writer for En un instante y otras eternidades (inac, 2006); and in 2009, the Juegos Florales Hispanoamericanos de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, for the stories of his then unpublished book Escrito está (2010). Founder/director in 2013 of Foro/workshop Sagitario Ediciones, in Panama.

Guisela López Ramírez

She is a feminist writer and academic. She holds a PhD from the International University of Andalusia, a degree in Communication Sciences and a Specialist in Gender Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Fundación Guatemala. Coordinator of research projects with the Instituto de Estudios de la Literatura Nacional, Instituto Universitario de la Mujer iumuisac, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, antropológicas y arqueológicas and Dirección General de Investigación, Digi, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala usac. Founder and coordinator of the Cátedra Interinstitucional Alaíde Foppa (ceiich-unam México/iumuisac Guatemala) and the Seminario de Literatura Feminista y Ciudadanía.

Helena Ramos

Known as Helena Ramos, she was born on January 9, 1960 in the city of Yaroslavl, Russian Federation, USSR. Studied at the Faculty of Journalism, Leningrad State University (St. Petersburg), Russian Federation, ussr. Master of Arts in Journalism, graduated summa cum laude, 1979-1984. Of Nicaraguan nationality, she is a journalist, researcher, teacher, writer and poet.

Janet N. Gold

She is Professor Emeritus of Latin American Literature, University of New Hampshire, USA, also a researcher and writer whose friendships and literary interests have led to enjoyable visits and stays in Honduras as well as in other countries of the isthmus.

María del Socorro Robayo Pérez

She is a regular professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí. She holds a Magister Litterarum in Latin American Literature from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). She has offered numerous seminars and conferences at unachi and in public and private institutions, civic clubs and participated in congresses and meetings of national and international writers. He has published articles, essays and poems in international, national and local magazines and newspapers.

María Bonilla Picado

She holds a PhD in Technical and Aesthetic Studies of Theater (University of Paris VIII), former Director of the School of Dramatic Arts and University Theater (University of Costa Rica). Theater director and professional actress since 1974, former director of the Colegio de Costa Rica and of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro. Founder and director of Teatro ubu. She is a pioneer of stage creations based on image and multidisciplinarity. She has represented Costa Rica in theater festivals in America and Europe and has won three National Awards for Best Director.

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