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Ilan Stavans
ISBN: 0-313-34806-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34806-8
148 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2008
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "Students of literature and culture will find this volume interesting. Academic Libraries supporting Latino studies, women's studies and comparative literature programs will want to add it to their collections."
    —REFORMA Newsletter     00/00/00
  • This collection of 11 essays and interviews examines the craft and themes within the works of a variety of Latina authors....This volume will best serve serious students of Latina literature from the past 20 years.
    —School Library Journal     12/1/2008
  • "Latina Writers is a collection of 11 essays and interviews that examine the craft and themes in the works of several Latina authors of diverse heritages who trace their roots to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Gloria Anzaldua, the Chicana author and critic, is the subject of several essays, and the book includes interviews with Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiago. The essays address such themes as feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, the border, linguistics, images of food, and perspectives on being queer and Latina."
    —MultiCultural Review     3/1/2009
Description: Latina literature is one of the fastest growing areas of American literature today, and the impact Latina writers have had on the literary scene is undeniable. This volume features the most significant articles including peer-review essays, interviews, and reviews to bring together the best scholarship on Latina writers ever compiled. Learn about these authors' lives and extraordinary careers, as well as the social and political issues their works address.

10 signed articles, essays, and interviews are included in the volume, which encourage readers to examine Latina writers from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, border, linguistic, and pan-American studies. Also featured is an introduction by Ilan Stavans, one of the foremost authorities on Latino culture, to provide historical background and cultural context and suggestions for further reading to aid students in their research.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
    Series Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    I. Appreciations
    Saddling La Gringa: Major Themes in the Works of Latina Writers
    Chicana Feminist Criticism
    What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Fat: The Language of Food in Latina Literature
    New Ways of Telling: Latinas' Narratives of Exile and Return
    Gloria Anzaldas Queer Mestisaje
    Form over Content
    II.Testimonios
    Between the Milkman and the Fax Machine: Challenges to Women Writers in the Caribbean
    Attempting Perfection: An Interview with Judith Ortiz Cofer
    Write These Messages That Come
    And Frida Looks Back: The Art of Latina/o Queer Heroics
    Conversations with Ilan Stavans
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
    About the Editor and Contributors
About the Author: Ilan Stavans has been called the czar of Latino culture in the United States by the New York Times and Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast by the Washington Post. Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Latino Literature Prize, the Antonia Pantoja Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, and the Ruben Dario Distinction. He earned an Emmy nomination as host of the PBS show La Plaza: Conversations with Ilan Stavans. He has taught at Columbia University, Oberlin College, and Smith College, among other institutions. He is the author of numerous titles including Encyclopedia Latina (2005) and the forthcoming Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latin Music.
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
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