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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction: Transnational Latina Narratives......Page 12 One: Denise Chávez’s Loving Pedro Infante (2001): The Making of a Transnational Border Community......Page 24 Two: Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo (2002): Translating Gender and Genealogy Across the U.S./Mexico Borderlands......Page 46 Three: Marta Moreno Vega’s When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in EI Barrio (2004): The Diasporic Formation of an Afro-Latina Identity......Page 72 Four: Angie Cruz’s Let It Rain Coffee (2005): A Diasporic Response to Multiracial Dominican Migrations......Page 96 Five: Marie Arana’s American Chica (2001): Circular Voyages in the U.S./Peruvian Archipelago......Page 120 Conclusion: Toward a Pan-Latina Global Alliance......Page 142 Notes......Page 146 Bibliography......Page 164 Permissions/Credits......Page 176 A......Page 178 C......Page 179 F......Page 181 I......Page 182 M......Page 183 R......Page 184 T......Page 185 W......Page 186 Z......Page 187 "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."--Back cover 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. Denise Chávez's Loving Pedro Infante (2001): the formation of a transnational border feminism Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo (2002): translating gender and genealogy across the U.S./Mexico borderlands Marta Moreno Vega's When the spirits dance mambo: growing up Nuyorican in el barrio (2004): the diasporic making of an Afro-Latina identity Angie Cruz's Let it rain coffee (2005): a multiracial response to transnational migrations Marie Arana's American chica (2001): circular voyages in the U.S./Peruvian archipelago Conclusion: toward a pan-Latina global alliance. Heredia offers a comparative perspective on gender, race, and migration between Latin America and the U.S. in Latina narratives and demonstrates the changing national landscape of the U.S. as a result of the ever-growing Latino/a presence