Rereading the Spanish American Essay"The essays are clearly chosen to be different in style and content from the 'malestream' canon, and the book as a whole is full of old friends and welcome new surprises. It will be of interest not only to Latin Americanists, but also to the wider community interested in non European gender studies and cultural studies." Debra A. Castillo, Cornell University Latin American intellectual history is largely founded on essayistic writing. Women's essays