Debra J Blake

Chicana Sexuality and Gender

Cultural Refiguring in Literature, Oral History, and Art

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Produktbeschreibung

"Debra J. Blake's approach to the discussion of the archetypes of La Malinche, La Llorona, and La Virgen de Guadalupe, and her inclusion of other lesser-known figures, allow her to go beyond the mere rehashing of the same old discussions as she introduces women's voices whose very existence questions the archetypes. By including and analyzing personal narratives collected in a series of interviews, the author explores the real-life existence of these figures in contemporary Chicana lives. This scholarly and illuminating text offers a fresh view of these often oversimplified images and icons found in Mexican female iconography."--Norma E. Cantu, author of "Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343103
• ISBN-10: 082234310X
• Artikelnr.: 23879963

Autorenporträt

Debra J. Blake is a lecturer in the Department of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Power of Representation: History, Memory, and the Cultural
Refiguring of La Malinche's Lineage 13
2. Chicana Feminism: Spirituality, Sexuality, and Mexica Goddesses
Re-membered 70
3. Las Historias: Sexuality, Gender Roles, and La Virgen de Guadalupe
Reconsidered 102
4. Cultural Anxieties and Truths: Gender, Nationalism, and La Llorona
Retellings 144
5. Reading Dynamics of Power: Oral Histories, Feminist Research, and the
Politics of Location 185
Conclusion 215
Notes 223
References 253
Index 273