Maria Dolores Costa

Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With this book, you'll explore the work of the most significant contemporary Latina lesbian writers, artists, and performers in the United States, Latin America, and Spain. This book presents and analyzes literature, art, and poetry by women who, despite markedly different backgrounds and experiences, are all strongly influenced by the concept of lesbian identity. In addition to an A-to-Z overview of modern Latina lesbian writers, artists, and performers, you'll find thoughtful examinations of the work of Alina Troyano (Carmelita Tropicana), Gloria Anzaldúa, Griselda Gambaro, and other noted Latina lesbian writers and artists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136569074
• Artikelnr.: 38273691

Autorenporträt

María Dolores Costa, PhD, is Professor of Spanish at California State University, Los Angeles, where she mostly teaches heritage learners of Spanish. She received her PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her BA and MA from Kent State University. Her area of specialization is nineteenth and twentieth century narrative. She has taught courses on women's writing, the literature of the Spanish Civil War, nature in Spanish literature, and spirituality in Spanish literature. She has published articles and delivered papers on numerous topics, including feminism and ecofeminism, pedagogy, Chicano and Hispanic films, Spanish gay and lesbian writers, and Spanish authors Federico Garcia Lorca, Rosalía de Castro, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Julio Camba, Arturo Barea, and Benito Pérez-Galdós. She is currently working on a book about Spanish nature writing from Romanticism to the present. She has also published several book reviews, predominantly on lesbian themes. Beyond her academic pursuits, she is involved with the Quaker faith, and has published some pieces in Quaker publications.