Debra J Blake

Chicana Sexuality and Gender

Cultural Refiguring in Literature, Oral History, and Art

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of working class and elite intellectual Mexican and Mexican American women that focuses on their sexuality and identity, particularly their identification with four primary Mexican female cultural symbols: La Malinche, Aztec goddesses, the Virgin

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780822342946
• ISBN-10: 0822342944
• Artikelnr.: 23881222

Autorenporträt

Debra J. Blake

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