Landscapes of Writing in Chicano Literature [Paperback]

Adding nuance to a global debate, esteemed scholars from Europe and North and Latin America portray the attempts in Chicano literature to provide answers to the environmental crisis. Diverse ecocritical perspectives add new meaning to the novels, short stories, drama, poetry, films, and documentaries analyzed in this timely and engaged collection.PART I: THE LANDSCAPE IN THE WORK OF SANDRA CISNEROS 1. Home, Streets, Nature: Esperanza's Itineraries in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street ; Elisabetta Careri, 2. Harvesting a Chicana Cultural Landscape: The Manipulation in Sandra Cisneros' 'Women Hollering Creek'; Elena Avil?s 3. Perfomance and Linguistic Spectacle in Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo and Junot D?az's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ; Ellen McCracken 4. Thresholds of Writing: Text and Paratext in Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo or Puro Cuento ; Maria Laura Spoturno PART II: THE LANDSCAPE OF THE FEMALE BODY 5. Chicana Poetry:Writing the Feminine into the Landscape; Elyette Benjamin-Labarthe 6. Reading Los Angeles 'Costureras ' in the Landscape of Josefina L?pez's Real Women Have Curves ; Yolanda Godsey 7. Changing Landscapes in Chicano Countryside; CarmenMelchor I?iguez and Mar?a Jes?s Perea Villena PART III: LANDSCAPES OF TRAUMA 8. Memory and Trauma: Chicano Autobiographies and The Vietnam War; Berta Delgado 9. Barrio Vistas: Urban Milieu and Cultural Visibility in Mario Su?rez's Short Story 'Tuscon, Arizona: El Hoyo'; Sophia Emmanouilidou 10. 'We Are All Serafina's Children:' Racial Landscapes in Rudolfo Anaya; Manuel Broncano Rodr?guez 11. Landscaping a Poetics of Belonging: Maps of the imagination in Chicana/o Literature; Tey Diana Rebolledo 12. Devotion and Transnationalism: Aimultaneous Guadalupan Landscapes; Mar?a Jes?s Castro Dopacio PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM 13. The Space of Disease in Alejandro Morales's The Captain of All These Men of Death ; Roberto Ayala 14. Rudolfo Anaya's Shifting Sense of Place; Carmen Flys Junquera PART V: LANDSCAPESl.