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Author:

Bost, Suzanne.

Title:

Encarnaciâon : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature / Suzanne Bost.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 234 p., [12] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--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.

Contents:

Feeling pre-Columbian : Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography -- Pain : Gloria Anzaldâua's challenge to "women's health" -- Medicine : Cherrâie Moraga's boundary violations -- Movement : Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities -- Conclusion. Rethinking body politics : Maya Gonzâalez and Diane Gamboa.

ISBN:

0823230856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780823230853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823230848 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780823230846 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)326418431

LCCN:

2009032186

Locations:

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

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)