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Author:

Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda, 1965-

Title:

With her machete in her hand : reading Chicana lesbians / by Catrióna Rueda Esquibel.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvi, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Mexican American lesbians--Intellectual life.
Mexican American women--Intellectual life.
Women and literature--United States.
Mexican American women in literature.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Lesbians in literature.
Écrits de lesbiennes américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains--Histoire et critique.
Lesbiennes américaines d'origine mexicaine--Vie intellectuelle.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine--Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes et littérature--États-Unis.
Américaines d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine mexicaine dans la littérature.
Lesbiennes dans la littérature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-242) and index.

Contents:

Chicana lesbian fictions -- The mystery of the weeping woman -- Black velvet fantasies : "the" Aztec princess in the chicana/o -- Sexual imagination -- Sor Juana and the search for (queer) cultural heroes -- Memories of girlhood : chicana lesbian fictions -- Shameless histories : talking race/talking sex -- Queer for the revolution : the representation of politics and the politics of representation -- With her machete in her hand.

Series:

Chicana matters series

ISBN:

9780292712751 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292712758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292709713 (alk. paper)
0292709714 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005009217

Locations:

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

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)