Published in 2025
432 pages
Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Edinburgh, Carolina Orloff is an experienced translator and researcher in Latin American literature. In 2016, Carolina co-founded Charco Press, where she acts as Publishing Director and Chief Editor. She is also the co-translator of Ariana Harwicz’s novels Die, My Love, Feebleminded and Tender, and of Jorge Consiglio’s Fate.
What is this book about?
From Mexico to Patagonia, the struggle for women’s rights in Latin America comes alive in the voices of the artists and activists making the change.
La Lucha gathers the voices of 30 artists, scholars, and activists, from 17 countries, actively engaged in the fight for women’s rights in Latin America. From the patriarchy to femicide, to the inflections of identity embedded in colour, class, and indigenous cultures, their struggle embodies the contested definitions and priorities of feminism. Their solidarity, and tirelessness, has yielded striking, game-changing results in areas as disparate, and as fundamental to women’s lives, as reproductive health, environmentalism, anti-colonialism, and human rights. With contributors that include Isabel Allende, Selva Almada, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Valeria Luiselli, Lina Meruane, Claudia Piñeiro, and Cristina Rivera Garza, this unprecedented collection is sure to challenge, provoke, and inspire.
review by Hannah Jung from goodreads:
I was moved to tears, enraged and inspired by this incredibly important collection of feminist writing.
It is filled with essays from a comprehensive cross-section of women from across Latin America, examining feminism through the lens of race, socio-economic background, sexuality, environment and bodily autonomy.
As an academic text, it is highly readable and engaging. Although packed with statistics and historical and political detail, the information is presented clearly and in manageable-sized chapters. Each author has been chosen for her unique voice and perspective. The translation is excellent.
I was blown away by this book and will be recommending it to everybody!
