| Contemporary Chicana Poetry: A Critical Approach to an Emerging Literature Contributor(s): Sanchez, Marta E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520058887 ISBN-13: 9780520058880 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1986 Annotation: In this first book-length study of the works of Chicano women writers, Marta Ester Sanchez introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. The term 'Chicana' refers here to women of Mexican heritage who live and write in the United States. The works of four contemporary Chicana poets---Alma Villanueva, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Lucha Corpi, and Bernice Zamora---are the focus of this volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.540 |
| LCCN: 8408816 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.94" W x 9.01" (1.18 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this first book-length study of the works of Chicano women writers, Marta Ester Sanchez introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. The term 'Chicana' refers here to women of Mexican heritage who live and write in the United States. The works of four contemporary Chicana poets---Alma Villanueva, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Lucha Corpi, and Bernice Zamora---are the focus of this volume. |