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Author Rincón Belinda Linn, author

Title Bodies at war : genealogies of militarism in Chicana literature and culture / Belinda Linn Rincón
Published Tucson : : The University of Arizona Press, 2017

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Contents List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reading Chicana Literature in the Shadow of War; 1. The Ethics of Chicana Grief and Grievance: Activist and Literary Responses to the U.S. War in Viet Nam; 2. "Your Safety Net Is Yourself": Neoliberal Militarism in Elena Rodriguez's Peacetime; 3. War, Time, Wound: Anti-Neoliberal Militarism in the Work of Graciela Limón and Lorna Dee Cervantes; 4. Home/land Insecurities: Chicana/Latina Mothers and the Reproduction of National Security; Conclusion: Oneiric Futures; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary The book examines the rise of neoliberal militarism from the early 1970s to the present and its destructive impact on democratic practices, economic policies, notions of citizenship, race relations, and gender norms by focusing on how these changes affect the Chicana community and cultural production--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Neoliberalism -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Neoliberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Militarism -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Militarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Mexican American women -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Mexican American women -- Social conditions.
Militarism.
Neoliberalism.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816537440
0816537445