Accessible citizenships : disability, nation, and the cultural politics of greater Mexico /

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Accessible Citizenships examines Chicana/o cultural representations that conceptualize political community through images of disability. Working against the assumption that disability is a metaphor for social decay or political crisis, Julie Avril Minich analyzes literature, film, and visual art pos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minich, Julie Avril, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2014]
Temas:
American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism.
Nationalism and literature > Mexico.
Nationalism and literature > United States.
People with disabilities in literature.
People with disabilities in motion pictures.
Sociology of disability.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine mexicaine > Histoire et critique.
Nationalisme et littérature > Mexique.
Nationalisme et littérature > États-Unis.
Personnes handicapées au cinéma.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
American literature > Mexican American authors.
Nationalism and literature.
Nationalisme et litterature > Mexique.
Nationalisme et litterature > États-Unis.
Handicapes > Dans la litterature.
Litterature mexicaine-americaine > Themes, motifs.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs d'origine mexicaine > Themes, motifs.
Mexico.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Accessible Citizenships examines Chicana/o cultural representations that conceptualize political community through images of disability. Working against the assumption that disability is a metaphor for social decay or political crisis, Julie Avril Minich analyzes literature, film, and visual art post-1980 in which representations of non-normative bodies work to expand our understanding of what it means to belong to a political community. Minich shows how queer writers like Arturo Islas and Cherríe Moraga have reconceptualized Chicano nationalism through disability images. She further addresses.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 225 pages)
Premios:MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies Winner, 2013.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.
ISBN:9781439910719
1439910715

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