"Saddling La Gringa": Gatekeeping in Literature by Contemporary Latina Writers Kafka, Phillipa

Latina writers are often sensitive to the discrimination faced by Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Latinas are additionally oppressed because of their gender--because they are women, they hold a subordinate position in Latino culture. This book gives special attention to the role of female cultural "gatekeepers" in novels by contemporary Latina writers. These gatekeepers enforce and perpetuate patriarchal cultural constraints onto future generations of Latinas. The book begins by examining Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing, a work which clearly illustrates the role of gatekeepers in perpetuating gendered power relations. It then turns to the works of Christina Garcia, Julia Alvarez, Rosario Ferre, and Magali Garcia Ramis.

DOI: 10.1336/0313311226 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM1122.aspx

"Saddling La Gringa": Gatekeeping in Literature by Contemporary Latina Writers Series: Contributions in Women's Studies Hardback, 192 pages, $110.95 Copyright ©2000, Greenwood Press ISBN: 0-313-31122-6 DOI: 10.1336/0313311226

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