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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455229803321

Autore

Leonard Kathy S. <1952->

Titolo

Bibliographic guide to Chicana and Latina narrative [[electronic resource] /] / Kathy S. Leonard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Preager, c2003

ISBN

1-282-41012-1

9786612410123

0-313-07224-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Bibliographies and indexes in women's studies, , 0742-6941 ; ; no. 31

Disciplina

016.8109/9287/08968

Soggetti

American literature - Mexican American authors

American literature - Hispanic American authors

Hispanic American women - Intellectual life

Mexican American women - Intellectual life

Women and literature - United States

Hispanic American women in literature

Mexican American women in literature

American literature - Women authors

Hispanic Americans in literature

Mexican Americans in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Author/Title Index; Title/Author Index; Anthology Index; Novel Index; Autobiography/Biography Index; Other Useful Resources

Sommario/riassunto

There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of narrative work published by Chicana and Latina authors in the past 5 to 10 years. Nonetheless, there has been little attempt to catalog this material. This reference provides convenient access to all forms of narrative written by Chicana and Latina authors from the early 1940s through 2002. In doing so, it helps users locate these works and surveys the growth of this vast body of literature.||The volume cites more than 2,750 short



stories, novels, novel excerpts, and autobiographies written by some 600 Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban Am