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Gendered self-consciousness in Mexican and Chicana women writers : the female body as an instrument of political resistance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts-Camps, Traci, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lewiston [N.Y.] : Edwin Mellen Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Mexican literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Mexican literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Mexico.
Feminist literary criticism > Mexico.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir (1963) : violence, space, and the female body
  • Cristina Rivera Garza, Nadie me vera llorar (1999) : abjection, national progress, and the female body
  • Elena Poniatowska, La piel del cielo (2001) : sensuality and the female body
  • Sandra Cisneros, Caramelo (2002) : (in)visibility and the female body.