{"product_id":"chicana-portraits-critical-biographies-of-twelve-chicana-writers-hardback-9780816551828","title":"Chicana Portraits; Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers (Hardback) 9780816551828","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChicana Portraits\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorma Elia Cantú (Edited by), Raquel Valle-Sentíes (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816551828\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages, 12 colour paintings\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChicana Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully links Raquel Valle-Sentíes’s portraits of twelve amazing Chicana writers with their critical biographies, focusing on their growth as artists, writers, activists, feminists, social justice warriors. This collection demonstrates the power of the written word and visual culture as Chicana feminist praxis.” - C. Alejandra Elenes, author of \u003ci\u003eTransforming Borders: Chicana\/o Popular Culture and Pedagogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This collection gives an excellent overview of writers who have been highly instrumental in putting Chicana letters on the larger U.S. literary map.” - T. Jackie Cuevas, author of \u003ci\u003ePost-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis innovative collection pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Raquel Valle-Sentíes’s portraits bring visual dimension, while essays delve deeply into the authors’ lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and sensibilities. The collection brilliantly intersects artistic visual and literary cultural productions, allowing complex themes to emerge, such as the fragility of life, sexism and misogyny, Chicana agency and forging one’s own path, the struggles of becoming a writer and battling self-doubt, economic instability, and political engagement and activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Arranged chronologically by birth order of the authors, the book can be read cover to cover for a genealogical overview, or scholars and general readers can easily jump in at any point and read about an individual author, regardless of the chronology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Biographies included in this work include Raquel Valle-Sentíes, Angela de Hoyos, Montserrat Fontes, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Norma E. Cantú, Denise Elia Chávez, Carmen Tafolla, Cherríe Moraga, Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Sandra Cisneros, and Demetria Martínez.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cordelia E. Barrera\u003cbr\u003e Mary Pat Brady\u003cbr\u003e Norma E. Cantú\u003cbr\u003e María Jesus Castro Dopacio\u003cbr\u003e Carlos Nicolás Flores\u003cbr\u003e Myrriah Gómez\u003cbr\u003e Maria Magdalena Guerra de Charur\u003cbr\u003e Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\u003cbr\u003e Georgina Guzmán\u003cbr\u003e Cristina Herrera\u003cbr\u003e María Esther Quintana\u003cbr\u003e Eliza Rodríguez y Gibson\u003cbr\u003e Meagan Solomon\u003cbr\u003e Lourdes Torres\u003cbr\u003e Raquel Valle-Sentíes\u003cbr\u003e Jen Yáñez-Alaniz\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570057212184,"sku":"9780816551828","price":60.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chicana-portraits-critical-biographies-of-twelve-chicana-writers-hardback-9780816551828","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}