Saddling La Gringa: Gatekeeping in Literature by Contemporary Latina Writers

by Phillipa Kafka

Because of their ethnic identity, Latinas sometimes face discrimination in the United States. Latinas are additionally oppressed because of their gender--because they are women, they hold a subordinate position in patriarchal Latino culture. The oppression of Latinas is maintained through various cultural mechanisms, which sustain power relations based on gender. This book gives special attention to the role of female cultural gatekeepers in novels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313311226
• ISBN13: 9780313311222
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"