Negotiating feminisms 1st ed.

Author

• Hall, Eilidh AB

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9783030506377

Series

Literatures of the Americas

Subject(s)

• AMERICAN LITERATURE--HISPANIC AMERICAN AUTHORS
• CISNEROS, SANDRA

Notes

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Abstract

Negotiating Feminisms examines intergenerational feminism in Chicanx family life. It analyses literary representations of the ways that Chicanas negotiate feminisms in the family across generations, through the maintenance, contestation, and adaptation of traditional gender roles. Using an original theoretical lens of negotiation to read the works of Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, this book unpacks intergenerational resistance to patriarchal oppression. This book shows how the works of Cisneros and Castillo articulate a politics of negotiation that critiques the gendered ideologies and roles of the family. In doing so, the book’s discussion not only engages with literary representations but also connects these representations to the contextual experience of Chicanx family life. This book calls for a rethinking of women characters beyond limited, and limiting, familial roles and uses the framework of feminist negotiation as a means to explore the empowering possibilities of intergenerational female relationships.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xi, 225 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. Negotiating Feminisms in la Familia --
2. Las Abuelas and the Tricks of Surviving as a Woman in the Patriarchal Family --
3. The Mothers: Negotiating Feminist Activism in/with the Family --
4. Daughters Negotiating the Motherline: Rejection Versus Redefinition --
5. Conclusion: Negotiating for Sobrevivencia.

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00796/21	813.60968 Hal N	Online !	Available