Liberation theology in Chicana/o literature : manifestations of feminist and gay identities / Alma Rosa Alvarez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alvarez, Alma Rosa, 1968-

Series:

Latino communities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

Liberation theology in literature.

Feminism in literature.

Lesbianism in literature.

Homosexuality in literature.

Spirituality in literature.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

ix, 160 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2007]

Summary:

Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature: Manifestations of Feminist and Gay Identities looks at the ways in which Chicana/o authors who have experienced cultural disconnection or marginalization because of their gender, gender politics and sexual orientation attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.

Contents:

The problematics of Chican(o) subjectivity: a denial of Catholicism's agency in Chicana/o communities

Liberation theology: an overview and its transition into Chicano contexts

Gloria Anzaldúa's Coatlicue state: a postmodern rupture into liberation theology

Ana Castillo's representation of the seventeenth century mystical nun tradition: a renarrativization of Catholic feminism in the form of liberation theology

John Rechy's outlawed spiritualities: liberation theology in gay texts

Evolutions of Chicana/o identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.

ISBN:

0415955572

9780415955577

OCLC:

76871410