| Troubling Nationhood in U. S. Latina Literature Explorations of Place and Belonging | | | Author:
| Socolovsky, Maya | | Series title: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Ser. | | ISBN: | 978-0-8135-6117-2 | | Publication Date: | Jun 2013 | | Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
| | Book Format: | Paperback | | List Price: | USD $31.95USD $38.95 | Book Description:
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This book examines the ways that recent U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Himilce Novas to show how these texts argue for the legitimate belonging of Latino/as within U.S. borders and counter much of today's anti-immigration rhetoric. This book examines the ways that recent U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Himilce Novas to show how these texts argue for the legitimate belonging of Latino/as within U.S. borders and counter much of today's anti-immigration rhetoric. | |