With her machete in her hand : reading Chicana lesbians /

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With the 1981 publication of the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa ushered in an era of Chicana lesbian writing. But while these two writers have achieved iconic status, observers of the Chicana/o experience...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda, 1965- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Chicana matters series.
Sujets:
Lesbians' writings, American > History and criticism.
American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Mexican American lesbians > Intellectual life.
Mexican American women > Intellectual life.
Women and literature > United States.
Mexican American women in literature.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Lesbians in literature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Lesbian heroines in literature.
Écrits de lesbiennes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine mexicaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Lesbiennes américaines d'origine mexicaine > Vie intellectuelle.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine > Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
Lesbiennes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Hispanic American.
American literature.
American literature > Mexican American authors
American literature > Women authors
Lesbians in literature
Lesbians' writings, American
Mexican American women in literature
Mexican American women > Intellectual life
Mexican Americans in literature
Women and literature
Frauenliteratur
Chicana
Lesbe
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:With the 1981 publication of the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa ushered in an era of Chicana lesbian writing. But while these two writers have achieved iconic status, observers of the Chicana/o experience have been slow to perceive the existence of a whole community-lesbian and straight, male as well as female-who write about the Chicana lesbian experience. To create a first full map of that community, this book explores a wide range of plays, novels, and short stories by Chicana/o authors that depict lesbian characters or lesbian desire. Catriona Rueda Esquibel starts from the premise that Chicana/o communities, theories, and feminisms cannot be fully understood without taking account of the perspectives and experiences of Chicana lesbians. To open up these perspectives, she engages in close readings of works centered around the following themes: La Llorona, the Aztec Princess, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, girlhood friendships, rural communities and history, and Chicana activism. Her investigation broadens the community of Chicana lesbian writers well beyond Moraga and Anzaldúa, while it also demonstrates that the histories of Chicana lesbians have had to be written in works of fiction because these women have been marginalized and excluded in canonical writings on Chicano life and experience.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-242) and index.
ISBN:0292796250
9780292796256

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