Denise Chávez's Loving Pedro Infante (2001): the making of a transnational border community -- Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo (2002): translating gender and genealogy across the U.S./Mexico borderlands -- Marta Moreno Vega's When the spirits dance mambo: growing up Nuyorican in el barrio (2004): the diasporic formation of an Afro-Latina identity -- Angie Cruz's Let it rain coffee (2005): a disasporic response to multiracial Dominican migrations -- Marie Arana's American chica (2001): circular voyages in the U.S./Peruvian archipelago
Summary
Transnational Latina Narratives is the first critical study of its kind to examine twenty-first-century Latina narratives by female authors of diverse Latin American heritages based in the U.S. Heredia's comparative perspective on gender, race and migrations between Latin America and the U.S. demonstrates the changing national landscape that needs to accommodate an ever-growing Latino/a presence. This book draws on the work of Denise Chàvez, Sandra Cisneros, Marta Moreno Vega, Angie Cruz, and Marie Arana, as well as a diverse blend of popular culture. Heredia's thought-provoking insights seek to empower the representation of women who are transnational ambassadors in modern trans-American literature
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index
