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Latina Self-Portraits: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers (Chap. 5 "At Home on the Page: An Interview with Cristina Garcia")
by Bridget Kevane, Juanita N. Heredia. 168 pgs.

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Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined US and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterised by revisionist views of recent history, a concern with exile and borders, a blending of genres, and a complex understanding of the term feminist. In these ten interviews, Kevane and Heredia give writers the opportunity to talk about how they began to write, the craft of writing, the conjunction of life, art and politics, literary influences, and their goals as artists. Readers will meet Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferré, Cristina García, Nicholasa Mohr, Cherríe Moraga, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Helena María Viramontes. The writers' personal and literary journeys vividly portrayed in these interviews will enrich and enhance the readers' understanding of this exciting field. The volume also includes bibliographies of the writers' work.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Citizen of the World: An Interview with Julia Alvarez

(2) the Spirit of Humor: An Interview with Denise Chávez

(3) a Home in the Heart: An Interview with Sandra Cisneros

(4) a Side View: An Interview with Rosario Ferré

(5) at Home on the Page: An Interview with Cristina García

(6) Pa'Lante: An Interview with Nicholasa Mohr

7 City of Desire an Interview with Cherríe Moraga

(8) the Poetic Truth: An Interview with Judith Ortiz Cofer

(9) a Puerto Rican Existentialist in Brooklyn: An Interview with Esmeralda Santiago

(10) Praying for Knowledge: An Interview with Helena María Viramontes

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Face to Face: Interviews with Contemporary Novelists ("A Fish Swims in My Lung: An Interview with Cristina Garcia" begins on p. 61)
by Allan Vorda. 238 pgs.

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Stuck on the Margins: An Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro

A Continuing Act of Wonder: An Interview With Max Apple

A Fish Swims in My Lung: An Interview with Cristina Garcia

I Come from a Place That's Very Unreal an Interview With: Jamaica Kincaid

A Hard Kind of Play: An Interview with Ron Hansen

The Forging of Science Fiction: An Interview with Greg Bear

A Life of Perished Things: An Interview with Marilynne Robinson

Examining the Disease: An Interview with Hubert Selby, Jr.

Stroking the Sweet-Sour Depths: An Interview with Robert Stone
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Little Havana Blues: A Cuban-American Literature Anthology ("Ines in the Kitchen" by Cristina Garcia begins on p. 152)
by Delia Poey, Virgil Suarez. 444 pgs.

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This landmark first anthology of Cuban-American literature is a medley of voices-narrators, essayists and poets-staking their claim on part of the American literary mosaic with Pulitzer Prizes and other awards in hand. An introduction and bibliography by the editors accompany the selections.

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Introduction

Poetry

Fiction

The Admiral is Cursed*

On the Morning of His Arrest. . .*

The Last Supper*

InÉs in the Kitchen

Cuba, Cuba, 1954*

I'M Holding His Hand . . .*

The Homecoming*

The Defector

Paloma*

Headshots

Liberation in Little Havana

The Guns in the Closet*

Drama

Once Upon a Future*

Coser Y Cantar*

Important Note from the Author

Memories of My Father's Family During His Self-Imposed Exile*

Memories of My Father's Family During His Self-Imposed Exile*

Memories of My Father's Family During His Self-Imposed Exile*

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Scene 3

Act II

Act II

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Scene 3

Essay

Contributors' Biographies

Cuban-American Literature: a Bibliography
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From Alienation to Reconciliation in the Novels of Cristina Garcia, in MELUS
by Katherine B. Payant. 20 pgs.

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Latino Literature in America (Chap. 5 "The Fiction of Cristina Garcia: Dreaming in Cuban (1992) and The Aguero Sisters (1997)")
by Bridget Kevane. 151 pgs.

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There is growing awareness of the tremendous impact Latino writers have had on the recent literary scene, yet not all readers have the background to fully appreciate the merits and meanings of works like House on Mango Street, Line of the Sun, Bless Me Ultima, and In the Time of Butterflies. Offering analysis of their most important, popular, and frequently assigned fictional works, this book surveys the contributions of eight notable Latino writers: Julia Alvarez, Rodolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Christina Garcia, Oscar Hijuelos, Ortiz Cofer, and Ernesto Quinonez.

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Introduction

Other Suggested Readings

Chapter 1: The Fiction of Julia Alvarez: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (1992) and in the Time of the Butterflies (1995)

Further Suggested Readings

Chapter 2: The Fiction of Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima (1972)

Chapter 3: The Fiction of Sandra Cisneros: the House on Mango Street (1984) and Woman Hollering Creek (1991)

Chapter 4: The Fiction of Junot Díaz: Drown (1996)

Further Suggested Readings

Chapter 5: The Fiction of Cristina García: Dreaming in Cuban (1992) and the Ag’üero Sisters (1997)

Chapter 6: The Fiction of Oscar Hijuelos: the Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989)

Chapter 7: The Fiction of Judith Ortiz Cofer: the Line of the Sun (1989)

Chapter 8: The Fiction of Ernesto Quiñonez: Bodega Dreams (2000)

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers (Chap. 15 "Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban: The Contested Domains of Politics, Family, and History")
by Harold Augenbraum, Margarite Fernandez Olmos. 216 pgs.

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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important writers as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Rudolfo Anaya in the curriculum. Without a guide, introducing courses on U.S. Latino literature or integrating individual works into the general courses on American Literature can be difficult for the uninitiated. While some critical sources for students and teachers are available, none are dedicated exclusively to this important body of writing. To fill the gap, the editors of this volume commissioned prominent scholars in the field to write 18 essays that focus on using U.S. Latino literature in the classroom. The selection of the subject texts was developed in conjunction with secondary school teachers who took part in the editors' course. This resultant volume focuses on major works that are appropriate for high school and undergraduate study including Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli, Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets, and Cisneros' The House on Mango Street.

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1: Literary Strategies in Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's The Account

2: Trials and Tribulations: the Life and Works of María Amparo Ruiz de Burton

3: Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets

4: Un Mundo Entero

5: Historical and Magical, Ancient and Contemporary: the World of Rudolfo A. Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima

6: The Self as Cultural Metaphor

7: Adapting, Not Assimilating: Edward Rivera's Family Installments

8: Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory and the Rejection of the Private Self

9: Teaching Oscar Hijuelos' Our House in the Last World

10: Female Voices in Sandra Cisneros' the House on Mango Street

11: The Dominican-American Bildungsroman: Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

12: In Context: Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

13: Writing a Life: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

14: Judith Ortiz Cofer's the Latin Deli

15: Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban: the Contested Domains of Politics, Family, and History

16: Junot Diaz's Drown: Revisiting "Those Mean Streets"

17: Using Latina Poetry in the Classroom

18: Borders and Birthrights: Watching Cheech Marin's Born in East L.A.

Appendices: Other Areas of Study for U.S. Latino Authors

Index

About the Editors and Contributors
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Saddling La Gringa: Gatekeeping in Literature by Contemporary Latina Writers (Chap. 2 "Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban")
by Phillipa Kafka. 157 pgs.

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Latina writers are often sensitive to the discrimination faced by Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Latinas are additionally oppressed because of their gender--because they are women, they hold a subordinate position in Latino culture. This book gives special attention to the role of female cultural "gatekeepers" in novels by contemporary Latina writers. These gatekeepers enforce and perpetuate patriarchal cultural constraints onto future generations of Latinas. The book begins by examining Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing, a work which clearly illustrates the role of gatekeepers in perpetuating gendered power relations. It then turns to the works of Christina Garcia, Julia Alvarez, Rosario Ferre, and Magali Garcia Ramis.

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Recent Titles in Contributions in women's Studies

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Preface

Chapter 1: Judith Ortiz Cofer, Silent Dancing

Chapter 2: Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban

Chapter 3: Julia Alvarez, How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Chapter 4 Rosario Ferré, the Youngest Doll and Other Stories

Chapter 5: Magali García Ramis, Happy Days, Uncle Sergio

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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Back to the Future: Mothers, Languages, and Homes in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban, in World Literature Today
by Rocio G. Davis. 9 pgs.

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New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage (Discussion of Cristina Garcia begins on p. 191)
by Alpana Sharma Knippling. 390 pgs.

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During the last 50 years, writers from immigrant groups have greatly enriched American literature. This reference overviews immigrant literatures in the United States since World War II. Previously underrepresented immigrant literatures, such as Pakistani-American, Korean-American, and Mexican-American literatures, are given special attention, and contributors discuss women's writing whenever possible. Each chapter provides a thorough historical and critical discussion and extensive bibliographical information.

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Preface

Introduction

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I: Asian-American Literatures

1: Arab-American Literature

Notes

Conclusion

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Selected Secondary Bibliography

2: Armenian-American Literature Khachig Tololyan

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Primary Bibliography

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3: Chinese-American Literature

Introduction

Notes

Selected Primary Bibliography

Selected Secondary Bibliography

4: Filipino American Literature Nerissa Balce-Cortes and Jean Vengua Gier

Conclusion

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5: Indian-American Literature

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6: Iranian-American Literature Nasrin Rahimieh

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7: Japanese-American Literature Benzi Zhang

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8: Korean-American Literature

Conclusion

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9: Pakistani-American Literature Sunil Sharma

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II: Caribbean-American Literatures

10: Anglophone Caribbean-American Literature

11: Cuban-American Literature

Conclusion

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12: Dominican-American Literature

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13: Puerto Rican-American Literature Carrie Tirado Bramen

Conclusion

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III: European-American Literatures

14: Finnish-American Literature

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15: Greek-American Literature

Conclusion

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16: Irish-American Literature

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17: Italian/American Literature

Conclusion

Notes

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18: Jewish-American Literature

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Introduction

19: Sephardic Jewish-American Literature

Conclusion

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20: Polish-American Literature

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21: Slovak-American and Czech-American Literature

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IV Mexican-American Literatures

22: Mexican-American Literature Ada Savin

Conclusion

Notes

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