This study outlines the major historical experiences that inform the literature; the important genres, periods, movements and authors in its evolution; the traditions and influences that shape the works; and key critical issues of which teachers should be aware. The collection seeks to provide readers with a variety of Latina texts that will guarantee its long-term usefulness to teachers and students of pan-American literature.
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"No one could have done this book better than Alvina Quintana, who brings to her project both intimate knowledge and an unmatched authority. Her guide establishes the stature of Latina writers in an ever-expaning canon of American literature and will prove invaluable to any student of the broader culture."--Susan Goodman, University of Delaware
"Shifting the way in which we view 'American writers' is a must. With Alvina E. Quintana's new volume, Reading U.S. Latina Writers: Remapping American Literature, we can begin to reshape our thinking. The diverse essays of this volume, historically situated with bibliographic information, expand our notion of 'Latina'; they provide entry to unfamiliar texts and foreground unheard voices. What a gentle urging to read new texts! Reading U.S. Latina Writers shatters silences; these are truths and revelations about another world of women we need to know and pass on to our students. As an educator, for years I have been wanting a source and resource such as this."--Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Duke University, author of Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape
"Shifting the way in which we view 'American writers' is a must. With Alvina E. Quintana's new volume, Reading U.S. Latina Writers: Remapping American Literature, we can begin to reshape our thinking. The diverse essays of this volume, historically situated with bibliographic information, expand our notion of 'Latina'; they provide entry to unfamiliar texts and foreground unheard voices. What a gentle urging to read new texts! Reading U.S. Latina Writers shatters silences; these are truths and revelations about another world of women we need to know and pass on to our students. As an educator, for years I have been wanting a source and resource such as this."--Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Duke University, author of Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape
About the Author
Alvina E. Quintana is Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Delaware and is the author of Home Girls: Chicana Literary Voices.
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New York, United States, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Puerto Rico, Cuban American, The Pearl of the Antilles, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Cherríe Moraga, Dominican Republic, Gaspar de Alba, Arte Público Press, Maria Irene Fornes, Sandra Cisneros, African American, War Years, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Ana Lydia Vega, The Conduct of Life, University of New Mexico Press, O'Reilly Herrera, Silent Dancing, Third World, Diana Garcia Browse Sample Pages:
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New York, United States, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Puerto Rico, Cuban American, The Pearl of the Antilles, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Cherríe Moraga, Dominican Republic, Gaspar de Alba, Arte Público Press, Maria Irene Fornes, Sandra Cisneros, African American, War Years, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Ana Lydia Vega, The Conduct of Life, University of New Mexico Press, O'Reilly Herrera, Silent Dancing, Third World, Diana Garcia Browse Sample Pages:
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