Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary Mexican-American women novelists : Toward a feminist identity / María C. González.

Author

González, María, 1959-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

110 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• Contemporary Mexican-American women novelists - some of whom are moving toward a Chicana feminist construct - have produced very exciting work. Using the works of both Gloria Anzaldua and Elaine Showalter as theoretical frameworks, this study argues for a specific Chicana feminism whose roots are both in and outside the Mexican-American culture.
• The authors included in Contemporary Mexican-American Women Novelists are Ana Castillo, Denise Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, Lucha Corpi, Margarita Cota-Cardenas, Roberta Fernandez, Laura del Fuego, Irene Beltran Hernandez, Mary Helen Ponce, and Estela Portillo Trambley.

Series Statement

Wor(l)ds of change ; vol. 3

Uniform Title

Wor(l)ds of change ; v. 3.

Subjects

• American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
• American fiction > Mexican American authors > History and criticism
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century
• American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
• Mexican American women > Intellectual life > 20th century
• Mexican Americans in literature
• Mexican American women in literature
• Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [94]-105) and index.

Contents

1. Toward a Mestiza Feminist Poetics -- 2. The Politics of Culture -- 3. The Politics of Language -- 4. The Politics of Gender -- Conclusion: Toward an Indigenous Feminism.

ISBN

0820424153

LCCN

93050801

OCLC

• 29634594
• ocm29634594

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Columbia University Libraries