Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century : The Politics of Gender, Race, and Migrations

Transnational Latina Narratives is the first critical study of its kind to examine twenty-first-century Latina narratives by female authors of diverse Latin American heritages based in the U.S. Heredia s comparative perspective on gender, race and migrations between Latin America and the U.S. demonstrates the changing national landscape that needs to accommodate an ever-growing Latino/a presence. This book draws on the work of Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Marta Moreno Vega, Angie Cruz, and Marie Arana, as well as a diverse blend of popular culture. Heredia s thought-provoking insights seek to empower the representation of women who are transnational ambassadors in modern trans-American literature. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction: Transnational Latina Narratives....Pages 1-12 Denise Chávez’s Loving Pedro Infante (2001): The Making of a Transnational Border Community....Pages 13-34 Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo (2002): Translating Gender and Genealogy Across the U.S./Mexico Borderlands....Pages 35-60 Marta Moreno Vega’s When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio (2004): The Diasporic Formation of an Afro-Latina Identity....Pages 61-84 Angie Cruz’s Let It Rain Coffee (2005): A Diasporic Response to Multiracial Dominican Migrations....Pages 85-108 Marie Arana’s American Chica (2001): Circular Voyages in the U.S./Peruvian Archipelago....Pages 109-130 Conclusion: Toward a Pan-Latina Global Alliance....Pages 131-133 Back Matter....Pages 135-176 Transnational Latina Narratives is the first critical study of its kind to examine twenty-first-century Latina narratives by female authors of diverse Latin American heritages based in the U.S. Heredia's comparative perspective on gender, race and migrations between Latin America and the U.S. demonstrates the changing national landscape that needs to accommodate an ever-growing Latino/a presence. This book draws on the work of Denise Chàvez, Sandra Cisneros, Marta Moreno Vega, Angie Cruz, and Marie Arana, as well as a diverse blend of popular culture. Heredia's thought-provoking insights seek to empower the representation of women who are transnational ambassadors in modern trans-American literature