Crossing, Trespassing, and Subverting Borders in Chicana Writing (Hardcover, New edition)

The border and border-crossing and its significance for the Chicana in a cultural, social, gendered, and spiritual sense are at the core of this book. The three oeuvres selected-Helena Viramontes' The Moths and Other Stories, Ana Castillo's The Mixquiahuala Letters, and Norma Cantu's Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera-are eloquent examples of feminist Chicana writers who refuse to allow their lives to be restricted by the gender, social, racial, and cultural border and who portray how Chicana women rebel against the unfair treatment they receive from their fathers, husbands and lovers. Crossing and deconstructing the man-made borders means to leave behind the known territory and discover an unknown land, in the hope of finding a new world in which Chicana women have the same rights as white women and in which they can realize their self, develop a new mestiza consciousness and liberate themselves from patriarchal constraints and religious beliefs. The author shows how the newly won self-confidence empowers the Chicana to explore the opportunities this freedom offers.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Mainzer Studien Zur Amerikanistik, 75
Release date:	February 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Debora Holler
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	436
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-83446-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	3-631-83446-2
Barcode:	9783631834466

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