Negotiating Feminisms examines intergenerational feminism in Chicanx family life. It analyses literary representations of the ways that Chicanas negotiate feminisms in the family across generations, through the maintenance, contestation, and adaptation of traditional gender roles. Using an original theoretical lens of negotiation to read the works of Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, this book unpacks intergenerational resistance to patriarchal oppression. This book shows how the works of Cisneros and Castillo articulate a politics of negotiation that critiques the gendered ideologies and roles of the family. In doing so, the book's discussion not only engages with literary representations but also connects these representations to the contextual experience of Chicanx family life. This book calls for a rethinking of women characters beyond limited, and limiting, familial roles and uses the framework of feminist negotiation as a means to explore the empowering possibilities ofintergenerational female relationships.

Draws on archival work undertaken at the Gloria Anzaldúa Archive in Austin, Texas First book to explore critically these contemporary Chicana authors alongside each other in a sustained way By engaging with a variety of disciplines, this project recognises the complex influences that affect the negotiations of intergenerational women in the Mexican American family

Autorentext
Dr Eilidh AB Hall is a Fulbright scholar and earned a PhD in American Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. A scholar of Latinx literatures and cultures, she is interested in exploring how feminist praxes are understood in fiction and non-fiction. She is co-jefa of The SALSA Collective, a multi-disciplinary research community for scholars interested in latinidades across the Americas.

Klappentext

Negotiating Feminisms examines intergenerational feminism in Chicanx family life. It analyses literary representations of the ways that Chicanas negotiate feminisms in the family across generations, through the maintenance, contestation, and adaptation of traditional gender roles. Using an original theoretical lens of negotiation to read the works of Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, this book unpacks intergenerational resistance to patriarchal oppression. This book shows how the works of Cisneros and Castillo articulate a politics of negotiation that critiques the gendered ideologies and roles of the family. In doing so, the book s discussion not only engages with literary representations but also connects these representations to the contextual experience of Chicanx family life. This book calls for a rethinking of women characters beyond limited, and limiting, familial roles and uses the framework of feminist negotiation as a means to explore the empowering possibilities ofintergenerational female relationships.

Inhalt

1. Negotiating Feminisms in la Familia.- 2. ** Las Abuelas and the Tricks of Surviving as a Woman in the Patriarchal Family.- 3. The Mothers: Negotiating Feminist Activism in/with the Family.- 4. Daughters Negotiating the Motherline: Rejection Versus Redefinition.- 5. Conclusion: Negotiating for Sobrevivencia.