Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is an Argentine post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective.[1]
She may be best-known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Sharon Magnarelli, Reflections/Refractions, Reading Luisa Valenzuela (New York/Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1988).
- ^ Juana María Cordones-Cook, Poética de la transgresión en la novelística de Luisa Valenzuela (New York/Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1991).
- ^ Elia Geoffrey Kantaris, The Subversive Psyche: Contemporary Women's Narrative from Argentina and Uruguay (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
- ^ Bilbija, Interviewed by Sarah Lee & Ksenija (2001). "The Art of Fiction No. 170". Vol. Winter 2001, no. 160. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Luisa Valenzuela | Argentine author | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.