Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature - Manifestations of Feminist and Gay Identities

Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature looks at the ways in which Chicana/o authors who have experienced cultural disconnection or marginalization because of their gender, gender politics and sexual orientation attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.

List of contents

Acknowledgments.  Introduction  1. The Problematics of Chican(o) Subjectivity  2. Liberation Theology: An Overview and its Transition into Chicano Contexts  3. Gloria Anzaldua's Coatlicue State: A Postmodern Rupture into Liberation Theology  4. Ann Castillo's Representation of the Seventeenth Century Mystical Nun Tradition: A Renarrativization of Catholic Feminist Agency in the Form of Liberation Theology  Appendix.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index

About the author

Alma Rosa Alvarez is Associate Professor of English and Writing at Southerrn Oregon University, US. Her research currently focuses on Mexican/Chicana/o Circular Migrations and issues of Nostalgia.

Summary

This book looks at how Chicana/o authors, who have experienced cultural disconnection because of their gender, gender politics or sexual orientation, attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.

Product details

• Authors: Alma Rosa Alvarez, Alma Rosa (Southern Oregon University Alvarez, ALVAREZ ALMA ROSA
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415541633
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54163-3
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues; Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General