| Mexicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderlands Contributor(s): Fregoso, Rosa Linda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520238907 ISBN-13: 9780520238909 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: "Fregoso invents a new genre: reflexive, situated cultural critique. "meXicana Encounters "is a profound event in interdisciplinary American cultural studies."--Lisa Lowe, author of "Immigrant Acts" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 2003000594 |
| Lexile Measure: 1670 |
| Series: American Crossroads |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.1" W x 8.92" (0.76 lbs) 219 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: meXicana Encounters charts the dynamic and contradictory representation of Mexicanas and Chicanas in culture. Rosa Linda Fregoso's deft analysis of the cultural practices and symbolic forms that shape social identities takes her across a wide and varied terrain. Among the subjects she considers are the recent murders and disappearances of women in Ciudad Ju rez; transborder feminist texts that deal with private, domestic forms of violence; how films like John Sayles's Lone Star re-center white masculinity; and the significance of la familia to the identity of Chicanas/os and how it can subordinate gender and sexuality to masculinity and heterosexual roles. Fregoso's self-reflexive approach to cultural politics embraces the movement for social justice and offers new insights into the ways that racial and gender differences are inscribed in cultural practices. |