Socolovsky, Maya,  1973- <br/><br/>
Troubling nationhood in U.S. Latina literature :  explorations of place and belonging / 
Maya Socolovsky. 
 - 1 online resource (255 pages) 
 - American literatures initiative .
 - Latinidad. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Troubling America(s) -- Spaces of the Southwest: dis-ease, disease, and healing in Denise Chavez's The last of the menu girls and Face of an angel -- Mestizaje in the Midwest: remapping national identity in the American heartland in Ana Castillo's Sapogonia and Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo -- Colonization and transgression in Puerto Rican spaces: Judith Ortiz Cofer's Line of the sun and The meaning of Consuelo -- Memoirs of resistance: colonialism and transnationalism in Esmeralda Santiago's When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a woman, and The Turkish lover -- Tales of the unexpected: Cuban-American narratives of place and body in Himilce Novas' Princess papaya -- Postscript: The illegal aliens of American letters: troubling the immigration debate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813561196 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>Hispanic American women--Intellectual life.<br/>Hispanic Americans in literature.<br/>Belonging (Social psychology)<br/>Identity (Psychology) in literature.<br/>National characteristics, Latin American, in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS153.H56  / S63 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/928708968