Encarnacion [[electronic resource] ] : Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789320703321
• Autore: Bost Suzanne
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-8232-4110-6; 0-8232-4777-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3561082
• Soggetti: American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Diseases in literature; Feminism in literature; Human body in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Mexican American women in literature; Mexican Americans -- Race identity; American literature - History and criticism - Mexican American authors - 20th century - United States; American literature - Women authors - History and criticism; Diseases in literature - Race identity; Human body in literature - History; Mexican Americans; Feminism and literature; Medicine in Literature; Women's Health; Disease; Feminism; Social Identification; English; American Literature; Languages & Literatures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; F I G U R E S; A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S; I N T R O D U C T I O N; 1 Feeling Pre-Columbian: Chicana Feminists' Imaginative Historiography ""; 2 Pain: Gloria Anzaldua's Challenge to "Women's Health"; 3 Cherrie Moraga's Boundary Violations; 4 Movement: Ana Castillo's Shape-Shifting Identities; Conclusion: Rethinking Body Politics: Maya Gonzalez and Diane Gamboa; B I B L I O G R A P H Y; I N D E X
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Encarnación' takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, this book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity.