1st Edition

Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature Manifestations of Feminist and Gay Identities

By Alma Rosa Alvarez Copyright 2007
    172 Pages
    by Routledge

    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature looks at the ways in which Chicana/o authors who have experienced cultural disconnection or marginalization because of their gender, gender politics and sexual orientation attempt to forge a connection back to Chicana/o culture through their use of liberation theology.

    Acknowledgments.  Introduction  1. The Problematics of Chican(o) Subjectivity  2. Liberation Theology: An Overview and its Transition into Chicano Contexts  3. Gloria Anzaldua’s Coatlicue State: A Postmodern Rupture into Liberation Theology  4. Ann Castillo’s Representation of the Seventeenth Century Mystical Nun Tradition: A Renarrativization of Catholic Feminist Agency in the Form of Liberation Theology  Appendix.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index

    Biography

    Alma Rosa Alvarez is Associate Professor of English and Writing at Southerrn Oregon University, US. Her research currently focuses on Mexican/Chicana/o Circular Migrations and issues of Nostalgia.