Latina Writers
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:30th Jun '08
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Offers a gamut of essays on Latina writers from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, historicism, gender, border, linguistic, and pan-American studies. This volume also features a section of testimonios, first-hand accounts by novelists, playwrights, memorialists, poets, and activists.
Latina literature is one of the fastest growing areas of American literature today, and the impact Latina writers have had on the literary scene is undeniable. This volume features the most significant articles including peer-review essays, interviews, and reviews to bring together the best scholarship on Latina writers ever compiled. Learn about these authors' lives and extraordinary careers, as well as the social and political issues their works address.
10 signed articles, essays, and interviews are included in the volume, which encourage readers to examine Latina writers from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, border, linguistic, and pan-American studies. Also featured is an introduction by Ilan Stavans, one of the foremost authorities on Latino culture, to provide historical background and cultural context and suggestions for further reading to aid students in their research.
"This collection of 11 essays and interviews examines the craft and themes within the works of a variety of Latina authors....This volume will best serve serious students of Latina literature from the past 20 years." - School Library Journal
"Latina Writers is a collection of 11 essays and interviews that examine the craft and themes in the works of several Latina authors of diverse heritages who trace their roots to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Gloria Anzaldua, the Chicana author and critic, is the subject of several essays, and the book includes interviews with Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiago. The essays address such themes as feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, the border, linguistics, images of food, and perspectives on being queer and Latina." - MultiCultural Review
"Students of literature and culture will find this volume interesting. Academic Libraries supporting Latino studies, women's studies and comparative literature programs will want to add it to their collections." - REFORMA Newsletter
ISBN: 9780313348068
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148 pages