This book examines the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a force for social justice and feminist emancipation within Chicana cultural productions from 1975-2010. In these productions the Virgin serves as a paradigm to unlock the histories of conquest and colonization, racism, and sexual oppression in the US-Mexico borderland and beyond.

Autorentext
Clara Román-Odio is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Director of Latino/a Studies at Kenyon College, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: On the Treachery and Emancipatory Power of Chicana Iconographies 1. Chicana Theory in the Flesh: A Bridgefor the Transnational Feminist Movement 2. Nepantlismo, Chicana Approach to Colonial Ideology 3. Spiritualities of Dissent and Storytelling in Chicana Literature 4. Globalization and Chicana Politics of Representation 5. Queering the Sacred: Love as Oppositional Social Action Conclusion