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Latina Self-Portraits: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers (Chap. 5 "At Home on the Page: An Interview with Cristina Garcia") » Read Now
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...
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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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Face to Face: Interviews with Contemporary Novelists ("A Fish Swims in My Lung: An Interview with Cristina Garcia" begins on p. 61) » Read Now
by Allan Vorda. 238 pgs.

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...Max Apple by Jerry Bauer, Cristina Garcia by Scott Brown, Jamaica...My Lung: An Interview with Cristina Garcia 61 I Come from...beginning, as in the case of Cristina...
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Little Havana Blues: A Cuban-American Literature Anthology ("Ines in the Kitchen" by Cristina Garcia begins on p. 152) » Read Now
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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From Alienation to Reconciliation in the Novels of Cristina Garcia, in MELUS » Read Now
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)") » Read Now
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...
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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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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") » Read Now
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...
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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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Saddling La Gringa: Gatekeeping in Literature by Contemporary Latina Writers (Chap. 2 "Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban") » Read Now
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...
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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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Back to the Future: Mothers, Languages, and Homes in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban, in World Literature Today » Read Now
by Rocio G. Davis. 9 pgs.

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...Mothers, Languages, and Homes in Cristina Garcias Dreaming in Cuban ROCIO...The novel here analyzed, Cristina Garcia Dreaming in Cuban , centers...alter ego for me" (Lopez...
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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) » Read Now
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...
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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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