Domestic Negotiations Gender, Nation, and Self-Fashioning in US Mexicana and Chicana Literature and Art |
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| Author:
| McMahon, Marci R. |
| Series title: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-6095-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $177.00 |
Book Description:
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Domestic Negotiations explores how U.S. Mexicana and Chicana authors and artists across different historical periods and regions use domestic space to actively claim their own histories. Drawing from a range of archival sources and cultural productions, the book demonstrates how the very sites of domesticity are used to engage with the many political and recurring debates about race, gender, and immigration affecting the lives of Mexicanas and Chicanas from the...
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Domestic Negotiations explores how U.S. Mexicana and Chicana authors and artists across different historical periods and regions use domestic space to actively claim their own histories. Drawing from a range of archival sources and cultural productions, the book demonstrates how the very sites of domesticity are used to engage with the many political and recurring debates about race, gender, and immigration affecting the lives of Mexicanas and Chicanas from the early twentieth century to today.