Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska : boob lit / Emily Hind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hind, Emily.

Series:

Breaking feminist waves

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Mexican literature.

Mexican literature--Women authors.

Anti-feminism--Mexico.

Anti-feminism.

Feminism and literature--Mexico.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--Mexico.

Women and literature.

Women authors, Mexican--20th century.

Women authors, Mexican.

Mexican literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Feminist criticism--Mexico.

Feminist criticism.

Women--Mexico--Identity.

Women.

Women intellectuals--Mexico.

Women intellectuals.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Boob lit

Feminism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"There is a large portion of young women in both US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Hind makes steps to correct this and draws on poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femenism and to imagine a femmenism that will appeal to the next generation of women"--Provided by publisher.

"From poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews, Boob Lit. draws on both well-known and nearly forgotten materials to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femenism and to imagine a femmenism that might appeal to the startling numbers of young women in US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Catwoman, the cabrona, the diva-lectual, Barbie, the compulsory asexual, the clothes mind, the Boob, and the "beard" are just some of the swishy responses that Boob Lit. proposes as a response to the metonymic threat* of having boobs. *(Having boobs might make you one.) "--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Your Maternity Or Your Mind: False Choices for Mexican Woman Intellectuals * Asexuality and the Woman Writer: Queering a Compliant Castellanos * Amor, Garro, and Rivas Mercado as Diva-lectuals * Poniatowska as Bearded Lady * On Barbie, the Boob, and Loaeza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230104464

0230104460

OCLC:

515439230