Contemporary Chicana Poetry - A Critical Approach to an Emerging Literature

Informationen zum Autor Marta E. Sanchez is the Professor of Chicano! US Latino! and Latin American Literature at Arizona State University. Klappentext In this first book-length study of the works of Chicano women writers! Marta Ester Sanchez introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. The term 'Chicana' refers here to women of Mexican heritage who live and write in the United States. The works of four contemporary Chicana poets---Alma Villanueva! Lorna Dee Cervantes! Lucha Corpi! and Bernice Zamora---are the focus of this volume. Zusammenfassung Introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. This book focuses on the works of four contemporary Chicana poets - Alma Villanueva, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Lucha Corpi, and Bernice Zamora.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Sanchez, Marta E. Sanchez, Marta Ester Sanchez, Sanchez Marta Ester
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.1986
• EAN: 9780520058880
• ISBN: 978-0-520-05888-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Spanish, Literary studies: poetry & poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets