Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art By Inés Hernández-Ávila ebook 1477308385 9781477308387 Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art Mexican and Mexican American women have written about Texas and their lives in the state since colonial times. Edited by fellow Tejanas Ines Hernandez Avila and Norma Elia Cantu, Entre Guadalupe y Malinche gathers, for the first time, a representative body of work about the lives and experiences of women who identify as Tejanas in both the literary and visual arts.The writings of than fifty authors and the artwork of eight artists manifest the nuanced complexity of what it means to be Tejana and how this identity offers alternative perspectives to contemporary notions of Chicana identity, community, and culture. Considering Texas Mexican women and their identity formations, subjectivities, and location on the longest border between Mexico and any of the southwestern states acknowledges the profound influence that land and history have on a people and a community, and how Tejana creative traditions have been shaped by historical, geographical, cultural, linguistic, social, and political forces. This representation of Tejana arts and letters brings together the work of rising stars along with well known figures such as writers Gloria Anzaldua, Emma Perez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Carmen Tafolla, and Pat Mora, and artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Kathy Vargas, Santa Barraza, and . The collection attests to the rooted presence of the original indigenous peoples of the land now known as Tejas, as well as a strong Chicana/Mexicana feminism that has its precursors in Tejana history itself.
Mexican and Mexican American women have written about Texas and their lives in the state since colonial times Edited by fellow Tejanas Ines Hernandez Avila and Norma Elia Cantu Entre Guadalupe y Malinche gathers for the first time a representative body of work about the lives and experiences of women who identify as Tejanas in both the literary and visual arts. How to get to valle de guadalupe from los angeles The writings of than fifty authors and the artwork of eight artists manifest the nuanced complexity of what it means to be Tejana and how this identity offers alternative perspectives to contemporary notions of Chicana identity community and culture Considering Texas Mexican women and their identity formations subjectivities and location on the longest border between Mexico and any of the southwestern states acknowledges the profound influence that land and history have on a people and a community and how Tejana creative traditions have been shaped by historical geographical cultural linguistic social and political forces This representation of Tejana arts and letters brings together the work of rising stars along with well known figures such as writers Gloria Anzaldua Emma Perez Alicia Gaspar de Alba Carmen Tafolla and Pat Mora and artists such as Carmen Lomas Garza Kathy Vargas Santa Barraza and The collection attests to the rooted presence of the original indigenous peoples of the land now known as Tejas as well as a strong Chicana Mexicana feminism that has its precursors in Tejana history itself Entre Guadalupe y Malinche Tejanas in Literature and Art.
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A massive collection of Tejana work that I greatly appreciate and often connected with deeply myself Organized into several sections I wouldn t say they are always distinct from one another but for interested Tejanas and those interested in including testimonios and scholarly and creative work in classes and reviews there s a lot of important material not to be missed in this book Entre Guadalupe y Malinche Tejanas in Literature and Art
| Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art By Inés Hernández-Ávila |
| 1477308385 |
| 9781477308387 |
| 501 |
| ebook |