Transnational Latina narratives in the twenty-first century
Subtitle: the politics of gender, race, and migrations
By: Juanita Heredia.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780230617377
Subjects: American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life; Mexican American women -- Intellectual life; Transnationalism in literature; Sex role in literature; Race in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Denise Chávez's Loving Pedro Infante (2001): the formation of a transnational border feminism; title: Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo (2002): translating gender and genealogy across the U.S./Mexico borderlands; title: Marta Moreno Vega's When the spirits dance mambo: growing up Nuyorican in el barrio (2004): the diasporic making of an Afro-Latina identity; title: Angie Cruz's Let it rain coffee (2005): a multiracial response to transnational migrations; title: Marie Arana's American chica (2001): circular voyages in the U.S./Peruvian archipelago; title: Conclusion: toward a pan-Latina global alliance.