In this innovative new study, Laura Halperin examines literary representations of harm inflicted on Latinas' minds and bodies, and on the places Latinas inhabit, but also explores how hope can be found amid so much harm. Analysing contemporary memoirs and novels, she argues that the individual harm experienced by Latinas needs to be understood in relation to the collective histories of aggression against their communities.
In this innovative new study, Laura Halperin examines literary representations of harm inflicted on Latinas' minds and bodies, and on the places Latinas inhabit, but also explores how hope can be found amid so much harm. Analysing contemporary memoirs and novels, she argues that the individual harm experienced by Latinas needs to be understood in relation to the collective histories of aggression against their communities.
LAURA HALPERIN is an assistant professor of English and comparative literature and Latina/o studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Heridas, Hendiduras, y Rajaduras: Contextualizing Harm 1 Rape’s Shadow: Seized Freedoms in Irene Vilar’s The Ladies’ Gallery and Impossible Motherhood 2 Violated Bodies and Assaulting Landscapes in Loida Maritza Pérez’s Geographies of Home 3 Madness’s Material Consequences in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God 4 Artistic Aberrance and Liminal Geographies in Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban 5 Clamped Mouths and Muted Cries: Stifled Expression in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Conclusion: Hope in the Interstices Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Heridas, Hendiduras, y Rajaduras: Contextualizing Harm 1 Rape’s Shadow: Seized Freedoms in Irene Vilar’s The Ladies’ Gallery and Impossible Motherhood 2 Violated Bodies and Assaulting Landscapes in Loida Maritza Pérez’s Geographies of Home 3 Madness’s Material Consequences in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God 4 Artistic Aberrance and Liminal Geographies in Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban 5 Clamped Mouths and Muted Cries: Stifled Expression in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Conclusion: Hope in the Interstices Notes Bibliography Index
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