Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century [electronic resource] : The Politics of Gender, Race, and Migrations /
Heredia, Juanita.author.
Transnational Latina Narratives is the first critical study of its kind to examine twenty-first-century Latina narratives by female authors of diverse Latin American heritages based in the U.S. Heredia s comparative perspective on gender, race and migrations between Latin America and the U.S. demonstrates the changing national landscape that needs to accommodate an ever-growing Latino/a presence. This book draws on the work of Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Marta Moreno Vega, Angie Cruz, and Marie Arana, as well as a diverse blend of popular culture. Heredia s thought-provoking insights seek to empower the representation of women who are transnational ambassadors in modern trans-American literature.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-163) and index.
Denise Chávez's Loving Pedro Infante (2001): the making of a transnational border community -- Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo (2002): translating gender and genealogy across the U.S./Mexico borderlands -- Marta Moreno Vega's When the spirits dance mambo: growing up Nuyorican in el barrio (2004): the diasporic formation of an Afro-Latina identity -- Angie Cruz's Let it rain coffee (2005): a disasporic response to multiracial Dominican migrations -- Marie Arana's American chica (2001): circular voyages in the U.S./Peruvian archipelago.
Transnational Latina Narratives is the first critical study of its kind to examine twenty-first-century Latina narratives by female authors of diverse Latin American heritages based in the U.S. Heredia s comparative perspective on gender, race and migrations between Latin America and the U.S. demonstrates the changing national landscape that needs to accommodate an ever-growing Latino/a presence. This book draws on the work of Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Marta Moreno Vega, Angie Cruz, and Marie Arana, as well as a diverse blend of popular culture. Heredia s thought-provoking insights seek to empower the representation of women who are transnational ambassadors in modern trans-American literature.
Literature   .
America—Literatures.
Sociology.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
North American Literature.
Gender Studies.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Latin American Culture.