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"Saddling la gringa" : gatekeeping in literature by contemporary Latina writers / Phillipa Kafka.
Van Pelt Library PS153.H56 K34 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kafka, Phillipa, 1933-
- Series:
- Contributions in women's studies 0147-104X ; no. 183.
- Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 183
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction--Women authors.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- American fiction--Hispanic American authors.
- United States.
- History.
- Hispanic American women in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Ethnicity in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Patriarchy in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 157 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Studies contemporary Latina writers' depiction of female "gatekeepers" who enforce and perpetuate patriarchal cultural constraints onto future generations of Latinas.
- Contents:
- Silent dancing / Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Dreaming in Cuba / Cristina Garcia
- How the Garcia girls lost their accent / Julia Alvarez
- The youngest doll and other stories / Rosario Ferré
- Happy days, Uncle Sergio / Magali Garcia Ramis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313311226
- OCLC:
- 43481801
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