In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United StatesArte Publico Press, 1 ene 1994 - 592 páginas Roberta Fernàndez has gathered the best and most representative examples of fiction, poetry, drama and essay currently being written by Latina writers of the United States. The work is arranged by genre, and topics are as varied as the voices and styles of the writers: the challenge of living in two cultures; experiencing marginality as a result of class, ethnicity, and/or gender; Latina feminism; the celebration of oneÍs culture and its people. Most of the pieces are in English and some are presented bilingually in English and Spanish. A preface and an introduction by the editor and a foreword by the noted critic of Latin American literature, Jean Franco, serve to contextualize the writers and their work; a primary and secondary bibliography serves as an appendix. |
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Rosemary Catacalos | 27 |
Lucha Corpi | 49 |
Verónica Cunningham | 61 |
Angela de Hoyos | 67 |
Rhina Espaillat | 79 |
Sandra María Esteves | 89 |
Alma Luz Villanueva | 247 |
Marie Elise Wheatwind | 253 |
Gloria Anzaldúa | 265 |
Roberta Fernández | 281 |
Cherrie Moraga | 299 |
Judith Ortiz Cofer | 307 |
Elena Castedo | 319 |
Lucha Corpi | 331 |
Lourdes | 101 |
Carolina Hospital | 107 |
Iraida Iturralde | 115 |
Natashia López | 121 |
Olga Elena Mattei | 131 |
Pat Mora | 141 |
Naomi Quiñónez | 153 |
Nina Serrano | 161 |
Carmen Tafolla | 173 |
Luz María Umpierre | 183 |
Gloria Vando | 191 |
Anita Vélez Mitchell | 203 |
Cecilia Vicuña | 219 |
Evangelina VigilPiñón | 233 |
Beatriz de la Garza | 337 |
Margarita Engle | 361 |
Paula María Espinosa | 373 |
Roberta Fernández | 383 |
Linda Feyder | 397 |
Alicia Gaspar de Alba | 403 |
Graciela Limón | 439 |
Judith Ortiz Cofer | 459 |
Estela Portillo Trambley | 477 |
Bessy Reyna | 487 |
Dolores Prida | 507 |
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Translators Artists and Critic | 549 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States Roberta Fernández Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States Roberta Fernández Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
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Página xv - The new mestiza copes by developing a tolerance for contradictions, a tolerance for ambiguity. She learns to be an Indian in Mexican culture, to be Mexican from an Anglo point of view. She learns to juggle cultures. She has a plural personality, she operates in a pluralistic mode—nothing is thrust out, the good, the bad and the ugly, nothing rejected, nothing abandoned. Not only does she sustain contradictions, she turns the ambivalence into something else.