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This bibliography lists references to critical and interpretive studies of the literary output of 169 major and minor Hispanic South American women writers active from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. The studies cover all literary genres and take the form of monographs, essays in collections, periodical articles, conference proceedings, and doctoral dissertations. The number of authors included and the number of studies cited challenge the belief that there are few women authors and that criticism has ignored these women.

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CHOICE Review

Although this bibliography is a rather specialized compilation of use to scholars of contemporary Hispanic literature, it fills a niche and thus warrants purchase by libraries with researchers working in that area. The compilers indicate that they undertook the work because they felt it would be useful to students and scholars working in the area of Hispanic literature or women's studies, and those are the two groups of researchers who might need the bibliography. (This reviewer is anxious for the day when this material is accessible online, although some of the items included are already available in broader online databases such as the Modern Language Association Bibliography.) The major contribution of this book is that it brings together in one place the critical reviews of Hispanic women's literature, which has been neglected in most scholarly work. The methodology of the compilation is standard and needs no comment. A major drawback for use in most libraries is that the bulk of the materials cited would be available only in specialized research collections, or through interlibrary loan. -D. R. Brown, DePaul University

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Sandra M. Cypess , Associate Professor in the Romance Languages Department, SUNY-Binghamton and Director of its Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program, has published extensively on literature by Hispanic women.

David R. Kohut (M.L.S., SUNY-Albany; M.A., Anthropology, SUNY-Binghamton) is Social Sciences Reference Librarian at Tennessee Technological University and has published on collection development and reference materials.

Rachell Moore (M.L.S., Syracuse; M.A., Social Sciences, SUNY-Binghamton) is Latin American Bibliographer and Head of Reference Services/Bartle Library Collections Coordinator at SUNY-Binghamton, and has contributed to a recent ALA publication on bibliographic sources for history.