Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature : Explorations of Place and Belonging /

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This book examines the ways that U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Hi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Socolovsky, Maya, 1973-
Collectivité auteur: American Literatures Initiative
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Hispanic Americans in literature.
Hispanic American women > Intellectual life.
Belonging (Social psychology)
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > Hispanic American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Hispanic American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Appartenance (Psychologie sociale)
Americains d'origine latino-americaine dans la litterature.
Americaines d'origine latino-americaine > Vie intellectuelle.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs americains d'origine latino-americaine > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Hispanic American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This book examines the ways that U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Himilce Novas to show how these texts argue for the legitimate belonging of Latino/as within U.S. borders and counter anti-immigration rhetoric.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780813561172

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