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Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas - Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature

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Informationen zum Autor By Anna Marie Sandoval Klappentext Weaving strands of Chicana and Mexicana subjectivities, Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas explores political and theoretical agendas, particularly those that undermine the patriarchy, across a diverse range of Latina authors. Within this range, calls for a coalition are clear, but questions surrounding the process of these revolutionary dialogues provide important lines of inquiry. Examining the works of authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Laura Esquivel, Carmen Boullosa, and Helena María Viramontes, Anna Sandoval considers resistance to traditional cultural symbols and contemporary efforts to counteract negative representations of womanhood in literature and society.Offering a new perspective on the oppositional nature of Latina writers, Sandoval emphasizes the ways in which national literatures have privileged male authors, whose viewpoint is generally distinct from that of women-a point of departure rarely acknowledged in postcolonial theory. Applying her observations to the disciplinary, historical, and spatial facets of literary production, Sandoval interrogates the boundaries of the Latina experience. Building on the dialogues begun with such works as Sonia Saldivar-Hull's Feminism on the Border and Ellen McCracken's New Latina Narrative, this is a concise yet ambitious comparative approach to the historical and cultural connections (as well as disparities) found in Chicana and Mexicana literature. Zusammenfassung A comparative reading of literature by Mexicanas and Chicanas, including Sandra Cisneros, Laura Esquivel, Carmen Boullosa, and Helena María Viramontes, that raises compelling questions about the very nature of cultural constructs in literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgments1. "Unir los Lazos": Braiding Chicana and Mexicana Subjectivities2. Crossing Borders and Blurring Boundaries: Sandra Cisneros Re-visions the Wailing Woman3. "No Dejen Que Se Escapen": Carmen Boullosa and Laura Esquivel4. Acts of Daily Resistance in Urban and Rural Settings: The Fiction of Helena María ViramontesAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex...

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Authors Anna Marie Sandoval
Publisher University Of Texas Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.01.2009
 
EAN 9780292721661
ISBN 978-0-292-72166-1
No. of pages 149
Series Chicana Matters (Paperback)
Chicana Matters
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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