<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Drawing on distinctions among concepts regarding the female experience, as well as on postcolonial theory, the proposed paper aims at identifying a series of specific features of the Chicano/a vision of the female subject. It also focuses on apparently irreconcilable differences between Chicano and Chicana literary strategies in dealing with feminine imagery, as well as on a taxonomy of female instances that could be configured in both literary and social spaces.</p></abstract>

Drawing on distinctions among concepts regarding the female experience, as well as on postcolonial theory, the proposed paper aims at identifying a series of specific features of the Chicano/a vision of the female subject. It also focuses on apparently irreconcilable differences between Chicano and Chicana literary strategies in dealing with feminine imagery, as well as on a taxonomy of female instances that could be configured in both literary and social spaces.

Visions of the Female Subject in the Borderlands

“Al. I. Cuza” University, 11, Carol I Blvd., Iași, Romania

Gender Studies

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Drawing on distinctions among concepts regarding the female experience, as well as on postcolonial theory, the proposed paper aims at identifying a series of...

Visions of the Female Subject in the Borderlands

Published Online: Feb 08, 2013

Page range: 286 - 303

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0046-1

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