Bost, Suzanne.

Encarnación illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature / [electronic resource] : Suzanne Bost. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2010. - x, 234 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Feeling pre-Columbian: Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography -- Pain: Gloria Anzaldúa's challenge to "women's health" -- Medicine: Cherríe Moraga's boundary violations -- Movement: Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities -- Conclusion. rethinking body politics: Maya González and Diane Gamboa.


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2011.
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American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Diseases in literature.
Human body in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Mexican American women in literature.
Mexican Americans--Race identity.
Feminism in literature.
Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PS153.M4 / B67 2010eb

810.9/3561082