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1 online resource (x, 244 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States
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Latinidad.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Troubling America(s) -- Spaces of the Southwest: dis-ease, disease, and healing in Denise Chávez's The last of the menu girls and Face of an angel -- Mestizaje in the Midwest: remapping national identity in the American heartland in Ana Castillo's Sapogonia and Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo -- Colonization and transgression in Puerto Rican spaces: Judith Ortiz Cofer's Line of the sun and The meaning of Consuelo -- Memoirs of resistance: colonialism and transnationalism in Esmeralda Santiago's When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a woman, and The Turkish lover -- Tales of the unexpected: Cuban-American narratives of place and body in Himilce Novas' Princess papaya -- Postscript: The illegal aliens of American letters: troubling the immigration debate. |
| Summary |
This book examines the ways that recent U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Himilce Novas to show how these texts argue for the legitimate belonging of Latino/as within U.S. borders and counter much of today's anti-immigration rhetoric. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Hispanic American authors. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life.
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Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life. |
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Hispanic Americans in literature.
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Hispanic Americans in literature. |
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Belonging (Social psychology)
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Belonging (Social psychology) |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
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National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
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National characteristics, Latin American, in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
American Literatures Initiative.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Socolovsky, Maya, 1973- Troubling nationhood in U.S. Latina literature 9780813561189 (DLC) 2012040277 (OCoLC)815757561 |
| ISBN |
0813561191 (electronic book) |
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9780813561196 (electronic book) |
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9781461944720 (electronic book) |
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1461944724 (electronic book) |
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1299953220 (electronic book) |
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9781299953222 (electronic book) |
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9780813561189 |
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0813561183 |
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9780813561172 |
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0813561175 |
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