Towards a Latina feminism of the Americas: Repression and resistance in Chicana and Mexicana literature

According to Sandoval, resistance manifests in these novels, short stories and poems as opposition to patriarchal institutions and as a reinterpretation of cultural archetypes such as La Llorona, la Malinche and la Virgen de Guadalupe - an important, if not entirely new, observation.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Latino studies 2011, Vol.9 (2), p.365-367
1. Verfasser:	Rohrleitner, Marion Christina
Format:	Review
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American literature Cisneros, Sandra Cultural and Media Studies Cultural Studies Ethnicity Studies Feminism Hispanic people Latin American cultural groups Literature Migration Novels Poetry Postcolonial/World Literature Reading Reception (Artistic works) Regional and Cultural Studies Resistance Transnationalism Working class Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	According to Sandoval, resistance manifests in these novels, short stories and poems as opposition to patriarchal institutions and as a reinterpretation of cultural archetypes such as La Llorona, la Malinche and la Virgen de Guadalupe - an important, if not entirely new, observation.
ISSN:	1476-3435 1476-3443
DOI:	10.1057/lst.2011.25