| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 188 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188). |
| Contents |
Esmeralda Santiago and the Bildungsroman of El Barrio -- Nicholas Mohr and negation/negotiation of the mother-daughter relationship -- The fluid identity of Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins -- Morales in Getting Home Alive -- "Y si la patria es una mujer": the political discourse of Sandra Maria Esteves -- "I just met a girl named Maria":Luz Maria mpierre-Herrera and the subversion of sexual/cultural stereotypes -- Kissing the mango tree: Judith Ortiz Cofer and the ritual of storytelling. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Kissing the Mango Tree is the first and only book to examine the works of the most popular Puerto Rican women writers from the perspective of feminist literary criticism. Rivera reconstructs the ethno-feminist aesthetic of Judith Ortiz Cofer, Sandra Maria Esteves, Nicholasa Mohr, Aurora Levins Morales, Esmeralda Santiago and Luz Maria Umpierre-Herrera. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- Puerto Rican authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Puerto Rican authors. |
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Puerto Rican literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Puerto Rican literature -- Women authors. |
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Puerto Rican literature. |
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Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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Puerto Rican women -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Puerto Rican women. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Puerto Ricans in literature.
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Puerto Ricans in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: (DLC) 2002066675 (OCoLC)49664447 |
| ISBN |
9781611921915 (electronic book) |
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1611921910 (electronic book) |
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9781611926583 |
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1611926580 |
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1558853774 (alkaline paper) |
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9781558853775 (alkaline paper) |
