Femmenism and the Mexican Woman Intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska: Boob Lit (Breaking Feminist Waves)

Hind draws on poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femmenism and to imagine a femmenism that will appeal to the next generation of women. "There is a large portion of young women in both US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Hind makes steps to correct this and draws on poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femenism and to imagine a femmenism that will appeal to the next generation of women"--Provided by publisher. "From poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews, Boob Lit. draws on both well-known and nearly forgotten materials to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femenism and to imagine a femmenism that might appeal to the startling numbers of young women in US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Catwoman, the cabrona, the diva-lectual, Barbie, the compulsory asexual, the clothes mind, the Boob, and the "beard" are just some of the swishy responses that Boob Lit. proposes as a response to the metonymic threat* of having boobs. *(Having boobs might make you one.)"--Provided by publisher. "From poetry, short stories, plays, novels, photographs, personal correspondence, advertising, and interviews, Boob Lit. draws on both well-known and nearly forgotten materials to make visible the anti-feminine tendencies in femenism and to imagine a femmenism that might appeal to the startling numbers of young women in US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Catwoman, the cabrona, the diva-lectual, Barbie, the compulsory asexual, the clothes mind, the Boob, and the "beard" are just some of the swishy responses that Boob Lit. proposes as a response to the metonymic threat* of having boobs. *(Having boobs might make you one.) "--Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-25 Your Maternity or Your Mind: False Choices for Mexican Woman Intellectuals....Pages 27-50 Asexuality and the Woman Writer: Queering a Compliant Castellanos....Pages 51-84 Amor, Garro, and Rivas Mercado as Diva-lectuals....Pages 85-145 Poniatowska as Bearded Lady....Pages 147-183 On Barbie, the Boob, and Loaeza....Pages 185-225 Back Matter....Pages 227-268 Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Your Maternity Or Your Mind : False Choices for Mexican Woman Intellectuals -- Asexuality and the Woman Writer : Queering a Compliant Castellanos -- Amor, Garro, and Rivas Mercado as Diva-lectuals -- Poniatowska as Bearded Lady -- On Barbie, the Boob, and Loaeza