Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Domestic Disturbances: Re-Imagining Narratives of Gender, Labor, and Immigration

Autor Irene Mata
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2014
The issue of immigration is one of the most hotly debated topics in the national arena, with everyone from right-wing pundits like Sarah Palin to alternative rockers like Zack de la Rocha offering their opinion. The traditional immigrant narrative that gained popularity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries continues to be used today in describing the process of the “Americanization” of immigrants. Yet rather than acting as an accurate representation of immigrant experiences, this common narrative of the “American Dream” attempts to ideologically contain those experiences within a story line that promotes the idea of achieving success through hard work and perseverance.
In Domestic Disturbances, Irene Mata dispels the myth of the “shining city on the hill” and reveals the central truth of hidden exploitation that underlies the great majority of Chicana/Latina immigrant stories. Influenced by the works of Latina cultural producers and the growing interdisciplinary field of scholarship on gender, immigration, and labor, Domestic Disturbances suggests a new framework for looking at these immigrant and migrant stories, not as a continuation of a literary tradition, but instead as a specific Latina genealogy of immigrant narratives that more closely engage with the contemporary conditions of immigration. Through examination of multiple genres including film, theatre, and art, as well as current civil rights movements such as the mobilization around the DREAM Act, Mata illustrates the prevalence of the immigrant narrative in popular culture and the oppositional possibilities of alternative stories.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 17754 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 266

Preț estimativ în valută:
3399 3533$ 2818£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 05-19 februarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781477309841
ISBN-10: 1477309845
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 5 b&w photos, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press

Notă biografică

IRENE MATA is Associate Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she teaches courses in Chicana/Latina literature and culture.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One. Dream a Little American Dream: A Traditional Story-Book Romance
Chapter Two. Cleaning Up After the National Family, and What a Mess They Make
Chapter Three. Laboring Bodies, Laboring Spaces in theHospitality Industry
Chapter Four. Calling All Superheroes: Recasting the Immigrant Subject
Conclusion. Resistance: A Growing Movement
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"While Latina/o studies scholars will welcome the opportunity to learn about the important work being down by Latina "genealogists" (Mata's term), the book also has the potential to be a valuable pedagogical tool...Mata is an engaged and engaging writer. Her writing is perceptive, sophisticated, and rigorous."

Descriere

Domestic Disturbances examines the treatment of the traditional immigrant narrative in popular culture, illuminating the possibilities of alternative stories by reading Chicana/Latina-produced texts through a new interpretation of the immigrant paradigm.