Puerto Rican women rewriting American literature Rivera, Carmen S. (Carmen Socorro) creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. txu 2002 2002 monographic eng 1 online resource. "Kissing the Mango Tree is the first and only book to examine the works of the most popular Puerto Rican women writers from the perspective of feminist literary criticism. Rivera reconstructs the ethno-feminist aesthetic of Judith Ortiz Cofer, Sandra Maria Esteves, Nicholasa Mohr, Aurora Levins Morales, Rosario Morales, Esmeralda Santiago, and Luz Maria Umpierre-Herrera." "This study is accompanied by a complete bibliography of the six writers' works and secondary sources of feminist, Latino and ethno-poetic criticism and theory."--Jacket. Esmeralda Santiago and the Bildungsroman of El Barrio -- Nicholas Mohr and negation/negotiation of the mother-daughter relationship -- The fluid identity of Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales in Getting Home Alive -- "Y si la patria es una mujer" : the political discourse of Sandra Maria Esteves -- "I just met a girl named Maria" : Luz Maria Umpierre-Herrera and the subversion of sexual/cultural stereotypes -- Kissing the mango tree : Judith Ortiz Cofer and the ritual of storytelling. by Carmen S. Rivera. Includes bibliographical references. nwpr--- n-us--- American literature Puerto Rican authors History and criticism Puerto Rican literature Women authors History and criticism Feminism and literature United States History 20th century Women and literature United States History 20th century American literature Women authors History and criticism Puerto Rican women United States Intellectual life Puerto Ricans in literature PS153.P83 eBook Rivera, Carmen S. (Carmen Socorro). Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 2002 (DLC) 2002066675 (OCoLC)49664447 9781611921915 1611921910 https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/23244/ https://login.zproxy.cun.edu.co/login?url=https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/23244/ DGITA 150518 DIGARTEP0079 eng