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Performing la Mestiza : Textual Representations of Lesbians of Color and the Negotiation of Identities.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Library Editions: Literature and Sexuality SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351819442
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Performing la MestizaDDC classification:
  • 810.93526643
LOC classification:
  • PS153.L46.G55 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking Identity Construction: Placing the Lesbian of Color -- 2. Naming the Enemies: Multiple Threats to the Existence of the Lesbian of Color -- 3. Strategies of Survival: The Limits and the Consequences -- 4. The Path To Survival: Rewriting Cultural Traditions and Creating Living Theories -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book, first published in 2000, explores the intersections of race, gender and gay identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of colour. It is the first to analyse creative and theoretical works by African American, Asian American, Latina and Native American writers through the lens of lesbian studies.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Rethinking Identity Construction: Placing the Lesbian of Color -- 2. Naming the Enemies: Multiple Threats to the Existence of the Lesbian of Color -- 3. Strategies of Survival: The Limits and the Consequences -- 4. The Path To Survival: Rewriting Cultural Traditions and Creating Living Theories -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book, first published in 2000, explores the intersections of race, gender and gay identities in writings by contemporary American lesbians of colour. It is the first to analyse creative and theoretical works by African American, Asian American, Latina and Native American writers through the lens of lesbian studies.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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