Format:
XX, 216 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9780816532001
Content:
"The book looks to long-established traditions of environmentalist thought alive in Mexican American literary history over the last 150 years"--Provided by publisher
Content:
Introduction: defining Mexican American goodlife writing -- Chapter 1. Epistemological hierarchy and the environment: erasure of Mexican American knowledge in three nineteenth century novels -- Chapter 2. The coloniality of being and the land: identity in early twentieth century goodlife writing -- Chapter 3. "La santa tierra": Mexican American writing and transcending possession in the late twentieth century -- Chapter 4. Active subjectivity in migrant farm worker fiction: rejecting alienation from the land -- Chapter 5. Ecology and chicana/o cultural nationalism: creating joyful community in Cherríe Moraga's millenial writings -- Coda: decolonized environmentalisms for the twenty-first century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: defining Mexican American goodlife writingChapter 1. Epistemological hierarchy and the environment: erasure of Mexican American knowledge in three nineteenth century novels -- Chapter 2. The coloniality of being and the land: identity in early twentieth century goodlife writing -- Chapter 3. "La santa tierra": Mexican American writing and transcending possession in the late twentieth century -- Chapter 4. Active subjectivity in migrant farm worker fiction: rejecting alienation from the land -- Chapter 5. Ecology and chicana/o cultural nationalism: creating joyful community in Cherríe Moraga's millenial writings -- Coda: decolonized environmentalisms for the twenty-first century.
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
USA
;
Mexikaner
;
Autor
;
Literatur
;
Umweltschutz
;
Ökologie
;
Geschichte 1800-2015
