Dark Side of Literacy : Literature and Learning Not to Read.

Encarnaci+n takes a new look at identity, following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities. The works of Gloria Anzald+a, Cherr+e Moraga, and Ana Castillo enable us to examin...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Bost, Suzanne
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Diseases in literature. Human body in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Mexican American women in literature. Mexican Americans > Race identity. Feminism in literature. Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity. American literature > Mexican American authors American literature > Women authors Diseases in literature Feminism and literature Feminism in literature Human body in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Mexican American women in literature Mexican Americans > Race identity United States 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History

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Contents
F I G U R E S
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
I N T R O D U C T I O N
1 Feeling Pre-Columbian: Chicana Feminists' Imaginative Historiography
2 Pain: Gloria Anzaldua's Challenge to Women's Health
3 Cherrie Moraga's Boundary Violations
4 Movement: Ana Castillo's Shape-Shifting Identities
Conclusion: Rethinking Body Politics: Maya Gonzalez and Diane Gamboa
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
I N D E X

Dark Side of Literacy : Literature and Learning Not to Read.

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