With her machete in her hand : reading Chicana lesbians.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda, 1965-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Description:	xvi, 245 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Chicana matters series
Subject:	Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism. American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism. American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. Mexican American lesbians -- Intellectual life. Mexican American women -- Intellectual life. Women and literature -- United States. Mexican American women in literature. Mexican Americans in literature. Lesbians in literature. American literature -- Mexican American authors. American literature -- Women authors. Lesbians in literature. Lesbians' writings, American. Mexican American women in literature. Mexican American women -- Intellectual life. Mexican Americans in literature. Women and literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5843572

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ISBN:	0292709714 0292712758 (pbk.)

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Chicana Lesbian Scholar's Tale
Introduction: History
1. Chicana Lesbian Fictions
2. The Mystery of the Weeping Woman
3. Black Velvet Fantasies: "The" Aztec Princess in the Chicana/o Sexual Imagination
4. Sor Juana and the Search for (Queer) Cultural Heroes
5. Memories of Girlhood: Chicana Lesbian Fictions
6. Shameless Histories: Talking Race/Talking Sex
7. Queer for the Revolution: The Representation of Politics and the Politics of Representation
8. Conclusion: With Her Machete in Her Hand
Appendix. Toward a Chronological Bibliography of Chicana Lesbian Fictions, 1971-2000
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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