Cultural Crossings: Recovering the Chicana Literary Tradition
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Chicana (W)rites : On Word and Film
M. Herrera-Sobek and H.M. Viramontes, eds.
Olin Library PS508.M4 C56x 1995
The strength, beauty, and vigor of Chicana creative writing and filmmaking are analyzed in this anthology of work presented at a conference at the University of California at Irvine. Sixteen authors challenge existing canons by redefining and amplifying the conceptualization of what "literature" is or ought to be. Contributors include Angie Chabram, Sandra Cisneros, Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry, Frances Salomé España, Demetria Martínez, Elizabeth J. Ordóñez, Mary Helen Ponce, Lourdes Portillo, Elba Rosario Sánchez, and Bernice Zamora.
U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers
H. Augenbraum & M.F. Olmos, eds. for the Mercantile Library of New York
Olin Library PS153 .H56 U7 2000
This book contains full chapters by various critics on leading Latino/a authors and their best-known works.
Chicano literature: A Reference Guide
J.A. Martinez and F.A. Lomeli, eds. (1985)
Olin Library Reference PS153.M4 C53
This guide provides an alphabetical arrangement of entries on major Chicano authors and important topics in the study of Chicano literature since 1848. Each author entry includes brief biographic information, a discussion of major works, a bibliography of the author's writings, and sources of criticism.
New Immigrant Literatures in the United States
A.S. Knippling, ed.
Olin Library Reference: PS153 .M56 N53 1996
A comprehensive introduction to the contributions of immigrants to the post-World War II literature of the United States. The book is organized into sections devoted to Asian American, Caribbean American, European American, and Latin American literatures, with individual chapters treating such previously neglected groups as Pakistani Americans, Korean Americans, and Finnish Americans. Each of the 22 chapters on individual immigrant literatures gives basic information about the ethnic group, its culture, and its immigrant history in the United States, which with the notes and a comprehensive bibliography results in a concise reference chapter on that particular group's contribution to U.S. literature. Second, each chapter contains expert critical and interpretive essays on the dominant concerns, major authors, early and recent works, and prevailing genres of each group, satisfying the scholar's need for critical and contextual perspective.
Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature (2nd Edition)
G. Perkins, B. Perkins, & P. Leininger, eds.
Uris Library Reference PS21 .B46 2002
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