Accessible citizenships : disability, nation, and the cultural politics of greater Mexico / Julie Avril Minich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minich, Julie Avril, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

People with disabilities in literature.

People with disabilities in motion pictures.

Nationalism and literature--United States.

Nationalism and literature.

Nationalism and literature--Mexico.

Sociology of disability.

Mexico.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 225 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Enabling Aztlán: Arturo Islas, Jr. and Chicano cultural nationalism

My country was not like that: Cherríe Moraga, Felicia Luna Lemus, and national failure

So much life in the still waters: Alex Espinoza and the ideology of ability in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands

'No nation for old men' racialized aging and border-crossing narratives by Guillermo Arriaga, Tommy Lee Jones and Oscar Casares

Overcoming the nation: Ana Castillo, Cecile Pineda, and the stakes of disability identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.

Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies, Winner, 2013-14

ISBN:

9781439910696

1439910693

9781439910702

1439910707

OCLC:

843454850