McCracken, Ellen

New Latina narrative : the feminine space of postmodern ethnicity / Ellen McCracken. - Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1999. - xi, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

Introduction : narrative and social change in the age of multiculturalism -- Postmodern ethnicity as commodity : containment and resistance in new Latina narrative -- The politics of signification -- Beyond individualism : collective narration, history, and the autobiographical simulacrum -- Remapping religious space : orthodox and non-orthodox religious culture -- Transgressive narrative tactics and subcultural expression -- Gender, ethnicity, and political truth(s) : narrative harmony and dissonance.

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American fiction--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Women and literature--History--United States--20th century.
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--20th century.
Hispanic American women--Intellectual life.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
Hispanic American women in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Novela estadounidense--Historia y crítica.
Feminismo y literatura.

PS 153 / M478n 1999

813/.54099287/08968