Encarnación
Subtitle: illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature
By: Suzanne Bost.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823230846; 9780823230853; 9780823241101
Subjects: American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Diseases in literature; Human body in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Mexican American women in literature; Mexican Americans -- Race identity; Feminism in literature; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Feeling pre-Columbian: Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography; title: Pain: Gloria Anzaldúa's challenge to women's health; title: Medicine: Cherríe Moraga's boundary violations; title: Movement: Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities; title: Conclusion. rethinking body politics: Maya González and Diane Gamboa.