Encarnacion: Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature

by Suzanne Bost

Book Overview

Encarnaci?n takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, this book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity.

The works of Gloria Anzald?a, Cherr?e Moraga, and Ana Castillo, in particular, enable us to examine how identities shift...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823230856
• ISBN13: 9780823230853
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"