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Feminism on the Border: Chicana Gender Politics Literature
In this bold contribution to contemporary feminist theory, Sonia Saldivar-Hull argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. Grounding her work in an analysis of the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers--Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes--Saldivar-Hull examines a range of Chicana feminist writing from...more
Paperback, 226 pages
Published
May 9th 2000
by University of California Press
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This book addresses the necessity of alternative discourses and methods towards feminist theory. Salvidar-Hull challenges mainstream feminism that was created by white, educated women using the texts of Gloria Anzuldua, Sandra Cisneros and Helena Maria Viramontes.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it brought the work of 2 of my favorite authors (Anzuldua & Cisneros) to discuss a subject that I've always been interested in and based much of my undergraduate work in. I found myself nod...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it brought the work of 2 of my favorite authors (Anzuldua & Cisneros) to discuss a subject that I've always been interested in and based much of my undergraduate work in. I found myself nod...more
Salvidar-Hull identifies and examines examples from a literary practice she identifies as "Chicana Feminism on the Border." She combines close readings of texts like Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera and Viramontes' Moths and Other Stories with commentary on and contributions to feminist theory.
If there is a clear arguement to be identified it would be that emergent Chicana literature reshapes feminist theory, as it theorizes the family, the female, and the border. ...more
If there is a clear arguement to be identified it would be that emergent Chicana literature reshapes feminist theory, as it theorizes the family, the female, and the border. ...more
In this smart challenge to the "institutional" feminism as created by white, educated women and accepted by the academy, Saldivar-Hull addresses the necessity of alternative discourses and methods towards feminist theory.
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