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Encarnación : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bost, Suzanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Feeling pre-Columbian: Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography
  • Pain: Gloria Anzaldúa's challenge to "women's health"
  • Medicine: Cherríe Moraga's boundary violations
  • Movement: Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities
  • Conclusion. Rethinking body politics: Maya González and Diane Gamboa.