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Chicana Sexuality and Gender
Cultural Refiguring in Literature, Oral History, and Art
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Debra J. Blake
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Edited by:
Walter D. Mignolo
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English
Published/Copyright:
2008
About this book
A study of working class and elite intellectual Mexican and Mexican American women that focuses on their sexuality and identity, particularly their identification with four primary Mexican female cultural symbols: La Malinche, Aztec goddesses, the Virgin
Author / Editor information
Debra J. Blake is a lecturer in the Department of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Reviews
“Debra J. Blake makes a great contribution to Chicano/a studies, feminist theory, folklore, and literary studies. Much has been written on La Malinche, La Llorona, and the Virgin of Guadalupe but Blake’s study is one of the most thorough, perceptive, and brilliantly argued.”—María Herrera-Sobek, author of Chicano Folklore: A Handbook
“Debra J. Blake’s approach to the discussion of the archetypes of La Malinche, La Llorona, and La Virgen de Guadalupe, and her inclusion of other lesser-known figures, allow her to go beyond the mere rehashing of the same old discussions as she introduces women’s voices whose very existence questions the archetypes. By including and analyzing personal narratives collected in a series of interviews, the author explores the real-life existence of these figures in contemporary Chicana lives. This scholarly and illuminating text offers a fresh view of these often oversimplified images and icons found in Mexican female iconography.”—Norma E. Cantú, author of Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
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October 31, 2008
eBook ISBN:
9780822381228
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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296
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15 illustrations
eBook ISBN:
9780822381228
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
