Ritual Structures in Chicana Fiction

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Ritual Structures in Chicana Fiction by Helane Androne, Palgrave Macmillan US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Helane Androne ISBN: 9781137588548
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Helane Androne
ISBN: 9781137588548
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: September 6, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book argues for the necessary and further examination of the sacred as it is ritualized within Chicana fiction. It suggests that religious, spiritual, linguistic and political symbolisms reveal rites that structure narrative performances of coping with and healing from trauma. Helane Androne examines these rites of spirit, service, and story as they occur in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God, Denise Chávez’s Face of An Angel, and Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo. Beginning with the implications of Gloria Anzaldúa’s spiritual vision of Chicana identity alongside structural principles of ritual criticism, this study extends the discourse about the impact of the sacred in Chicana fiction. an>

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book argues for the necessary and further examination of the sacred as it is ritualized within Chicana fiction. It suggests that religious, spiritual, linguistic and political symbolisms reveal rites that structure narrative performances of coping with and healing from trauma. Helane Androne examines these rites of spirit, service, and story as they occur in Ana Castillo’s So Far From God, Denise Chávez’s Face of An Angel, and Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo. Beginning with the implications of Gloria Anzaldúa’s spiritual vision of Chicana identity alongside structural principles of ritual criticism, this study extends the discourse about the impact of the sacred in Chicana fiction. an>

More books from Palgrave Macmillan US

Cover of the book The Gamification of Higher Education by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Gender and Subjectivities in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature and Culture by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Rewriting History in Manga by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Human Rights and Universal Child Primary Education by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Presidential Faith and Foreign Policy by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Naming and Nation-building in Turkey by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Whose God Rules? by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Gender, Sex, and the City by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Musical Revolutions in German Culture by Helane Androne
Cover of the book From the Axial Age to the Moral Revolution: John Stuart-Glennie, Karl Jaspers, and a New Understanding of the Idea by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Mass Education, Global Capital, and the World by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Film Sound in Italy by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Rose Elizabeth Cleveland: First Lady and Literary Scholar by Helane Androne
Cover of the book Coinage and State Formation in Early Modern English Literature by Helane Androne
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy