Breaking ground : Cebuano women’s writing / Hope Sabanpan-Yu.

Introduction -- Maria Kabigon -- Remedios del Mar -- Florentina Tan Villanueva -- Sinforosa Alcordo -- Gardeopatra Quijano -- Corazon Mendoza -- Estrella Alfon – Fornarina Enemecio -- Hilda Montaire -- Austregelina Espina-Moore -- Reine Artianza-Cabrera – Teodosia Villarino – Corazon Almerino -- Maria Victoria Beltran -- Haidee Emmie Palapar -- Jona Bering.

“Women’s literature provides a medium though which they re-create or appropriate the sensibilities of a woman. But what exactly is this sensibility and how does it find creative expression in stories? What language can portray the seemingly unstranslatable experience of a woman?

Breaking Ground investigates these and other questions in a highly original exploration of the narratives of women and the ways they have tried to capture it over time. A variety of literary texts are examined for their use of the domestic as a lens through which the woman views the world.”-- Back cover.