Argentinian Women’s Writing and the Anglophone Book Market

Contemporary Argentinian women’s writing has gained significant recognition in the US and the UK since the late 2010s. English-language translations of Argentinian women writers appear on international prize lists and book festivals, and are featured in prestigious outlets of literary criticism. In the work of many of these authors, including Mariana Enriquez, Selva Almada, and Dolores Reyes, gender-based violence – a global human rights violation – emerges as a central theme. This monograph examines how narratives of gender-based violence in texts by Enriquez, Almada, and Reyes are translated, produced, and received in US and UK book markets. This is the first study to interrogate the articulation of gender-based violence in contemporary Argentinian women’s writing in the context of the Anglosphere. As such, it contributes to our understanding of the interplay between Argentinian, UK, and US literary, translation, and publishing dynamics. Employing a transnational approach, it examines source and target texts alongside their respective paratexts, providing a multifaceted view and incorporating sociocultural perspectives on how articulations of gender-based violence are modified when introduced into US and UK book markets.