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Lesbianism and Chicana Literature: Constructing an Identity
, 2010 The paper studies the construction of a specific lesbian identity in the literary production of Chicana lesbians, analyzing its feminist roots, its use of diverse literary forms, the role of theory and the importance of the body, as well as the presence of butch/femme roles; it later examines the devices employed by the authors to reject the persistent
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American and British Studies Annual, 2012 La Malinche, Cortés’ interpreter and both real and symbolic mother of the mestizo race, is a paradigmatic figure in Mexican and Chicano/a cultures, in which she comes to represent an embodiment of national and linguistic betrayal.
Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová
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American Studies in ScandinaviaThis article focuses on the work of American poet Lorna Dee Cervantes (1954- ), who is concerned with Chicana and Native American experiences in her poetry and is a transnationally oriented poet who is interested in “the treatment of borders and border ...
Elina Siltanen
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(Un)safe Space in the Borderlands: Writing Queer Women of Color into History
Ilha do DesterroThis article intends to analyze how Xicana literature navigates (un)safe spaces in the Borderlands. As women, who, more often than not, are also queer, the literature of Xicana authors constantly struggles to find safe spaces in the Borderlands.
Thayse Madella
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Ana Castillo’s Appropriation of the Family Saga in So Far From God
American and British Studies Annual, 2016 Ana Castillo’s most critically acclaimed novel So Far From God (1993) can be considered a recent example of the family saga genre, as it reports the life story of Sofi and her four daughters.
Petr Anténe
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Los Angeles Logos. Literární ztvárnění města-hranice v chicanské próze // Los Angeles Logos. Literary representation of the city-frontier in Chicana/o fiction [PDF]
Svět Literatury, 2017 In Chicana/o prose, namely the fiction of Helena María Viramontes, the artistic depiction of the city of Los Angeles becomes a synecdochic expression of the frontier space.
Markéta Riebová
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When You're Out, You're Not Really Out: Exiting Strategies Among Gang-Affiliated Chicanas
Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2019 In recent years there has been an increased focus on gang desistence and exiting strategies, yet little is known at present regarding the experiences of women exiting the gang lifestyle.
Abigail F. Kolb, Ted Palys, Ashley Green
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Immune responses in COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection: A scoping review. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2022 Flores-Lovon K +7 more
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Special issue: Intersectional methodological approaches: Research movidas to center Latina/Latino/Latinx voices. [PDF]
Lat Stud, 2022 Ramírez MA, Rios SM.
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Social and Environmental Justice: Land and Housing in Chicana Literatur
Revista Canaria de Estudios InglesesThis article analyzes the novels The House on Mango Street (Cisneros, 1984), So Far from God (Castillo, 1993) and Under the Feet of Jesus (Viramontes, 1995) and the drama Heroes and Saints (Moraga, 1994) from the perspective of social and environmental justice, tak- ing into account Cherríe Moraga’s concept of Land, in which home plays a primary role ...
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