Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Table of Contents
Part 1 Expanding Latinidades
- 1. "Metaphors of Miscegenation: Genre Mixing in Gloria Anzald a's Borderlands/La Frontera." Shelley Garc a
- 2. . "Harriet Beecher Stowe's Cuban Characters: Uncle Tom's Cabin and Gertrudis G mez de Avellaneda," Judie Newman
- "Pedro Medina and Suburbano Come to the Fore: Miami as a Cultural Stage and Source of Creativity," Naida Saavedra
- "Latin/o American Perspectives of the United States in Sam no es mi t o," Amrita Das
- "The Twenty-first Century Politics of Latinidad: Decolonizing Consciousness, Transnational Solidarity, and Global Activism in Demetria Mart nez's Mother Tongue," Georgina Guzm n
Part 2 Crossing Literary Terrains
6. 6. "'The Waltons, Chicana Style': Queer Familia and Reclaimed Sisterhood in Terri de la Pe a's Faults, " Cristina Herrera
- "Crossing Borders Through Prostitution: Esperanza's Box of Saints by Mar a Amparo Escand n and Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande," Carolyn Gonz lez
8. 8. "Twenty-first Century Literary Border Formations: Neoliberalism and Domingo Mart nez's The Boy Kings of Texas," Magda Garc a
- "Capirotada: A Renewed Chicana Spirituality through a Chicana Literary Lens," Gabriella Guti rrez y Muhs
Part 3 Mapping the Body
- "Creating a More Compassionate Narrative: Undoing Desconocimiento through Embodied Intimacy in Helena Mar a Viramontes' Under the Feet of Jesus and Luis Alberto Urrea's The Devil's Highway," Christina Garc a L pez
- "Entering the Mainstream: Chicana Lesbian Subjectivity in Contemporary Drama and Performance," Trevor Boffone
- "Slow Lightning: Image, Time, and An Erotics of Reading," Eliza Rodr guez y Gibson
"From Lost Woman to Third Space Mestiza Maternal Subject: La Llorona as a Metaphor of Transformation," Larissa M. Mercado-L pez
Part 4 Writers on Literary (In)visibility: Voicing Activism from the Margins
14. 14. "Extremely Brown and Incredibly Ignored," Alex Espinoza
- "Latino Literature for Children and the Lack of Diversity," Gabriela Baeza Ventura