Synopses & Reviews
This work looks at the literary responses of three North American minorities: the Chicanos in the United States, the African Caribbean minority in Canada, and the Native North Americans. Examining in detail the poetry of Gloria Anzad?a and Alma Villanueva, and the poerformative work of Guillermo G?mez-Pe?a; the fiction and poetry of Dionne Brand, Claire Harris, and Marlene Nourbese Philip; the plays of Tomson Highway and the poetry of Arthur Solomon, Carmen C?liz-Montoro shows how in these diverse yet similar cases mythology and symbolism are transformed and recreated to respond to the burdens of history to produce new works of art.
Carmen C?liz-Montoro's writing on the synthesis of difference is a beautiful discourse on feminine spirituality in literature. This book is an artist's appreciation of subjectivity in which emotional reactions to the turmoils of gender, race and economic marginilization are articulated through the various literary genres that the author has studied. C?liz-Montoro's writing is distinguished by a sincere search for truth, harmony and peace.
- Frederick Ivor Case, University of Toronto
Synopsis
Cultural Writing. Latino/Latina Studies, African American Studies and Native American Studies. This work looks at three borderlands literary responses: those of Chicanos at the border between the southern United States and Mexico, the African Caribbean minority in Canada, and the Native North Americans. Examining the poetry of Gloria Anzaldua and Alma Villanueva and the performance work of Guillermo Gomez-Pena; the poetry and prose of Dionne Brand and the plays of Tomson Highway, Carmen C liz-Montoro shows how in these diverse yet similar cases mythology and symbolism get transformed and recreated to respond to the burdens of history to produce new works of art. **Call to check inventory before ordering.
Synopsis
This work looks at three borderlands literary responses: those of the Chicanos at the border between the southern United States and Mexico, the African Caribbean minority in Canada, and the Native North Americans. Carmen C liz-Montoro shows how in these diverse yet similar cases mythology and symbolism get transformed and recreated to respond to the burdens of history to produce new works of art.