Public negotiations : gender and journalism in contemporary US Latina/o literature / Ariana E. Vigil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vigil, Ariana E., 1980- author.

Series:

Global Latin/o Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Hispanic American authors.

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

Hispanic Americans and mass media.

Sex role in mass media.

Hispanic Americans--Intellectual life.

Hispanic Americans.

Gender identity in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press 2019.

Summary:

""Examines how the boundaries of the Latina/o public sphere are negotiated through mass media in twentieth and twenty-first century literature, incorporating conversations regarding gender and in regards to questions of access, production, distribution, and representation"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Domestic Negotiations

Introduction Latina/o Literature, Journalism, and the Public Sphere p. 3

Chapter 1 Rubén Salazar, Historical Memory, and the Gendered Contours of the Chicana/o Public Sphere p. 25

Chapter 2 The End(s) of Representation: Media and Activism in Cherrie Moraga's Heroes and Saints p. 67

Part 2 Transnational Negotiations

Chapter 3 Femininity, Journalism, and the Necessity of a Transnational Public in The Long Night of White Chickens p. 97

Chapter 4 Photojournalism, Militarized Conflict, and the Boundaries of Latinidad in Graciela Limón and Ana Menéndez p. 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814214145

0814214142

9780814255575

0814255574

OCLC:

1126666784