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University of California Press

Contemporary Chicana Poetry

A Critical Approach to an Emerging Literature

by Marta E. Sanchez (Author)
Price: $49.95 / £42.00
Publication Date: Apr 2023
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 392
ISBN: 9780520340886
Trim Size: 6 x 9

About the Book

In this first book-length study of the works of Chicano women writers, Marta Ester Sanchez introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. The term 'Chicana' refers here to women of Mexican heritage who live and write in the United States. The works of four contemporary Chicana poets---Alma Villanueva, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Lucha Corpi, and Bernice Zamora---are the focus of this volume.




In this first book-length study of the works of Chicano women writers, Marta Ester Sanchez introduces the reader to a group of Chicanas who in the 1970s began to reexamine and reevaluate their gender and cultural identity through poetic language. The term

About the Author

Marta E. Sanchez is the Professor of Chicano, US Latino, and Latin American Literature at Arizona State University.