Research Catalog

Title

Encarnación [electronic resource] : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature / Suzanne Bost.

Author

Bost, Suzanne.

Publication

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 234 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill. (chiefly col.)

Uniform Title

Encarnación (Online)

Alternative Title

Encarnación (Online)

Subject

• American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism
• American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
• Diseases in literature
• Human body in literature
• Identity (Psychology) in literature
• Mexican American women in literature
• Mexican Americans > Race identity
• Feminism in literature
• Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Feeling pre-Columbian: Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography -- Pain: Gloria Anzaldúa's challenge to "women's health" -- Medicine: Cherríe Moraga's boundary violations -- Movement: Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities -- Conclusion. rethinking body politics: Maya González and Diane Gamboa.

LCCN

2009032186

OCLC

ssj0000393228

Author

Bost, Suzanne.

Title

Encarnación [electronic resource] : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature / Suzanne Bost.

Imprint

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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