Encarnacion : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature / / Suzanne Bost

• Autore: Bost Suzanne
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3561082
• Soggetto topico: 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 - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Feeling pre-Columbian: Chicana feminists' imaginative historiography -- Pain: Gloria Anzaldua's challenge to "women's health" -- Medicine: Cherrie Moraga's boundary violations -- Movement: Ana Castillo's shape-shifting identities -- Conclusion. rethinking body politics: Maya Gonzalez and Diane Gamboa.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encarnacion
• ISBN: 0-8232-4110-6; 0-8232-4777-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911107433003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II