Title: Toward a Latina feminism of the Americas : repression and resistance in Chicana and Mexicana literature /
Authors: Sandoval, Anna Marie.
Publisher: University of Texas Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: American literature Mexican American authors History and criticism; American literature Women authors History and criticism.; Mexican literature Women authors History and criticism.; Feminism in literature.; Women in literature; Comparative literature American and Mexican.; Comparative literature Mexican and American.; Comparative literature Mexican and American.; Comparative literature American and Mexican.
Abstract: "Weaving strands of Chicana and Mexicana subjectivities, Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas explores political and theoretical agendas, particularly those that undermine the patriarchy, across a diverse range of Latina authors." "Anna Sandoval considers resistance to traditional cultural symbols and contemporary efforts to counteract negative representations of womanhood in literature and society." "Offering a new perspective on the oppositional nature of Latina writers, Sandoval emphasizes the ways in which national literatures have privileged male authors, whose viewpoints are generally distinct from that of women - a point of departure rarely acknowledged in postcolonial theory. Applying her observations to the disciplinary, historical, and spatial facets of literary production, Sandoval interrogates the boundaries of the Latina experience. This is a concise yet ambitious comparative approach to the historical and cultural connections (as well as disparities) found in Chicana and Mexicana literature."--Back cover.
Contents: "Unir los lazos": braiding Chicana and Mexicana subjectivities -- Crossing borders and blurring boundaries: Sandra Cisneros re-visions the wailing woman -- "No dejen que se escapen": Carmen Boullosa and Laura Esquivel -- Acts of daily resistance in urban and rural settings: the fiction of Helena María Viramontes.