She has written extensively on the work of prominent Latin American women writers."No Mexican writer since Rosario Castellanos has explored the intersections of gender, class and ethnicity as powerfully as Poniatowska. Professor Jörgensen's subtle analysis is the first book-length study of the works of this tantalizingly complex feminist author, whose importance and originality have yet to be appreciated in this country."—Cynthia Steele, author of Politics, Gender, and the Mexican Novel, 1968-1988