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Author:

Heredia, Juanita, 1966-

Title:

Transnational Latina narratives in the twenty-first century : the politics of gender, race, and migrations / Juanita Heredia.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

ix, 176 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--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 (p. [153]-163) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Transnational Latina narratives -- 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.

ISBN:

0230617379 (alk. paper)
9780230617377 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)277040912

LCCN:

2008051904

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)