Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems

Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems

Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems by Kathleen Weaver is reviewed. Peruvian Rebel is a welcome biography of Magda Portal, one of twentieth-century Peru's most important political activists, poets and feminists. Kathleen Weaver traces Portal's personal...

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Published in:Journal of Latin American Studies 2010, Vol.42 (3), p.678-680
Main Author: HEILMAN, JAYMIE PATRICIA
Format: Review
Language:eng
Subjects:
20th century
Activism
Activists
Alzheimers disease
Archives & records
Biographies
Couples
Feminism
Periodicals
Peru
Poetry
Poets
Political activism
Political participation
Political parties
Politics
Populism
Portal, Magda(1901-1989)
Reviews
Women
Womens rights
Writers
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Summary:Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal, with a Selection of Her Poems by Kathleen Weaver is reviewed. Peruvian Rebel is a welcome biography of Magda Portal, one of twentieth-century Peru's most important political activists, poets and feminists. Kathleen Weaver traces Portal's personal and political life from her birth in 1901 until her death from arteriosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease in 1989. Based on Portal's extensive writings and various periodicals, the book also draws on Weaver's interviews with Portal and several of the activist's relatives and friends. Throughout the book, Weaver ably melds a discussion of Portal's familial and romantic relationships with an exploration of Portal's work as both a leading member of the populist Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA) party and a champion of women's political rights. Weaver's respect and admiration for Portal is evident, and her study will surely bring Portal more of the historical attention she so clearly deserves.
ISSN:0022-216X
1469-767X