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Featuring contemporary feminist theory, this book argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. It analysis the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes and a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines.

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I
Reading Tejana, Reading Chicana

2
Chicana Feminisms: From Ethnic Identity to
Global Solidarity

3
Mestiza Consciousness and Politics: Gloria Anzaldua's
Borderlands I La Frontera

4
Mujeres en Lucha I Mujeres de Fuerza: Women in
Struggle I Women of Strength in Sandra Cisneros's
Border Narratives

5
"I Hear the Women's Wails and I Know Them to
Be My Own": From Mujer to Collective Identities
in Helena Maria Viramontes's U.S. Third World

Epilogue: "Refugees of a World on Fire":
Geopolitical Feminisms
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX

Feminism on the Border

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 9 May 2000
      ISBN-13 9780520207332
      978-0520207332
      ISBN-10 0520207335
      Also in:
      Literary theory Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Feminism and feminist theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Featuring contemporary feminist theory, this book argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. It analysis the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes and a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines.

      Table of Contents
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I
      Reading Tejana, Reading Chicana

      2
      Chicana Feminisms: From Ethnic Identity to
      Global Solidarity

      3
      Mestiza Consciousness and Politics: Gloria Anzaldua's
      Borderlands I La Frontera

      4
      Mujeres en Lucha I Mujeres de Fuerza: Women in
      Struggle I Women of Strength in Sandra Cisneros's
      Border Narratives

      5
      "I Hear the Women's Wails and I Know Them to
      Be My Own": From Mujer to Collective Identities
      in Helena Maria Viramontes's U.S. Third World

      Epilogue: "Refugees of a World on Fire":
      Geopolitical Feminisms
      NOTES
      REFERENCES
      INDEX

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