Plotting Women

by Jean Franco

Where is the common ground for feminist theory and Latin American culture? Jean Franco explores Mexican women's struggle for interpretive power in relation to the Catholic religion, the nation, and post-modern society; and examines the writings of women who wrote under the shadow of recognized male writers, as well as the works of more marginal figures. In this original and skillfully written book Franco demonstrates the many feminisms that emerge in apparently rigid and adverse situations, and provides the foundation for a more comprehensive, less ethnocentric feminst theory.

Genres: Gender

235 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Abbie O'Hara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction - some of the basic assumptions of the thesis were based on literary criticism that is not widely accepted though.