Linda s Maier and Isabel Dulfano, e...

Linda s Maier and Isabel Dulfano, ed Woman as Witness: Essays forward Testimonial Literature by Latin American Women novel York: Peter Lang, 2004 218 pp ISBN 0-8204-6324-8 $6395

The intent of this book is to contend for a type of Latin American testimonio criticism practiced through a coterie of predominantly male academics based in US universities. The criticism in question is the postmodern post-Lacanian arguments of primarily Georg Gugelberger and his immediate circle, including John Beverley, as well as the controversial work of anthropologist David Stoll. These names may not be