Feminism on the Border Chicana Gender Politics and Literature

Name: Feminism on the Border Chicana Gender Politics and Literature
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ISBN: 9780520207332

ISBN-10: 0520207335

ISBN-13: 9780520207332

Edition: 2000

Authors: Sonia Saldï¿½var-Hull, Sonia Saldï¿½var-Hull

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In this bold contribution to contemporary feminist theory, Sonia Saldiacute;var-Hull argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. Grounding her work in an analysis of the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers--Gloria Anzalduacute;a, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Mariacute;a Viramontes--Saldiacute;var-Hull examines a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines, which she collects under the term "feminism on the border." By comparing and defining literary and national borders, she presents the voices of these and other Chicana writers in order to show their connection to feminist literature and to women of color in the United States.…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Reading Tejana, Reading Chicana



Chicana Feminisms: From Ethnic Identity to Global Solidarity



Mestiza Consciousness and Politics: Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands / La Frontera



Mujeres en Lucha / Mujcres de Fuerza: Women in Struggle / Women of Strength in Sandra Cisneros's Border Narratives



"I Hear the Women's Wails and I Know Them to By My Own": From Mujer to Collective Identities in Helena Maria Vitamontes's U.S. Third World


Epilogue: "Refugees of a World on Fire": Geopolitical Feminisms


Notes


References


Index