Women Creators: Representations of Space and Place in Women's Writing

Introduction to the dossier "Women Creators: Representations of Space and Place in Women’s Writing," guest edited by Dr. Alinne Balduino P. Fernandes (Modern Languages, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil), and Dr. Melissa Sihr (Drama Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the first issue of Ilha do Desterro exclusively dedicated to women writers. The 1985 issue, Women Writers/Mulheres Escritoras, was edited by Professor Susana Bornéo Funck, one of the pioneers in women studies at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and the pioneer lecturer in women’s writing UFSC’s Modern Languages department (Departamento de Língua e Literatura Estrangeiras).