Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.
Contents
"Disrupting the thread" : dominant narratives and the works of Central American women -- Awakening women in Central America : Claribel Alegria's fictions -- The quest for the mother : women and memory in the novels of Gioconda Belli -- Asking other questions : personal stories and historical events in the fiction of Rosario Aguilar -- "Local histories and global designs" in Tatiana Lobo's narratives -- Where now? History and the present -- Central American women writers : a bibliographical study.
