Crossing, Trespassing, and Subverting Borders in Chicana Writing

ISBN-13: 9783631834466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 436 str.

Debora Holler

Opis

The book focuses on the minority literature of the Chicanas. Topics such as the deconstruction of pre-established roles and patriarchal beliefs, female identity construction and the new mestiza consciousness which are intertwined with the transgression of social, cultural, and gender borders are studied.

Spis treści

Background to Chicano/a Literature - Border Theories and Realities - Border-Crossing in Chicana Writing - Mestizas Breaking Taboos: Crossing Gender, Social and Religious Borders in Helena Viramontes' The Moths and Other Stories (1985) - Mestiza Liberation through Transgression: Crossing Gender Borders in Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986) - Growing up Mestiza: Crossing Physical, Cultural, and Spiritual Borders in Norma Cantú's Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera (1995)

O autorze

Debora Holler holds an MA in Translation Studies and a PhD in (US-) American Studies from the Department of Translation, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies in Germersheim, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; she also earned an MA in Spanish and English from the University of Alicante. Her main areas of interest include the English and Spanish languages and cultures.