TY - GEN T1 - Troubling nationhood in U.S. Latina literature : explorations of place and belonging T2 - Latinidad. A1 - Socolovsky, Maya, 1973- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn859537489 AB - This book examines the ways that U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores the works of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers Denise Chavez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Himilce Novas to show how these texts argue for the legitimate belonging of Latino/as within U.S. borders and counter anti-immigration rhetoric. OP - 244 CN - PS153.H56 S63 2013eb SN - 0813561191 SN - 9780813561196 SN - 9781461944720 SN - 1461944724 SN - 1299953220 SN - 9781299953222 SN - 9780813561189 SN - 0813561183 SN - 9780813561172 SN - 0813561175 KW - American literature : Hispanic American authors : History and criticism. KW - American literature : Women authors : History and criticism. KW - Hispanic American women : Intellectual life. KW - Hispanic Americans in literature. KW - Belonging (Social psychology) KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature. KW - National characteristics, Latin American, in literature. KW - Littérature américaine : Auteurs américains d'origine latino-américaine : Histoire et critique. KW - Écrits de femmes américains : Histoire et critique. KW - Américaines d'origine latino-américaine : Vie intellectuelle. KW - Américains d'origine latino-américaine dans la littérature. KW - Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) KW - Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : Hispanic American. KW - American literature : Hispanic American authors KW - American literature : Women authors KW - Hispanic American women : Intellectual life KW - Hispanic Americans in literature KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - National characteristics, Latin American, in literature KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -