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Identifier	Thesis 1519
Author	Bechard, Patricia M
Title	Aproximaciones a la literatura latina de los Estados Unidos / Patricia M. Bechard
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	1998
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	The purpose of this investigation is to discuss and delineate common issues and themes which are apparent in contemporary Latina literature of the United States. I have witnessed, by way of reading and comparing the works of various twentieth-century Latina writers, a concentration of four themes or issues in particular. I have found that the use and inclusion of themes such as race, ethnicity, social class and gender unite and bind Latina literature. My perspective is that contemporary Latina literature will be used as a window in order for society to view more completely the ever-growing Hispanic population of the United States. The intent of this work was to unify contemporary Latina literature by detailing these four reoccurring themes as they surfaced in a wide variety of presently popular works of literature. I have discovered that amid authors with such widely varying backgrounds, these unique issues resurface repeatedly. The authors included represented Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Dominican Republic as well as other geographical areas of the world. I have explored works from Mexican-American authors, such as Montserrat Fontes. In Fontes' book, Dreams of the Centaur, the author highlights race and social class issues in detailing the relationship between the Yaqui Indian population, the mestizo people and what was considered to be the Mexican and white populations in Sonora region of Mexico during the time of Porfirio Díaz's regime at the turn of the last century. I also included authors from the Caribbean such as Cristina García, a Cuban writer who in her novels, Soñar en Cubano and The Agüero Sisters, offered profoundly moving insight into the difficult questions concerning cultural identity and ethnicity which affect her characters. García also provided mesmerizing detail which helped to outline specific gender issues within the Hispanic community with particular attention to the position and view of women within society. Rosario Ferré, author of La casa de la laguna, shared the story of five generations of two families each with provocative histories. The events of the novel included definitive examples of the social class structure of the Caribbean island and lent itself to a study in ethnic rituals and their place in mainstream society. Numerous other authors and their work were used to support the idea that race, ethnicity, social class and gender are four common themes which unite contemporary Latina literature. If was necessary to take a brief look at the progress of Latina literature, using other works as reference points, as it moved through its course in order to better understand how Latina literature has become one of the fastest growing literary movements of our times. Throughout time, it is known that women writers have not had an equal showcasing of their talents in the area of literature. Generally speaking, universal literature has been dominated by male authors thus proffering a very masculine point of view of the world. Extensive work by female authors has now created more of an arena for women authors, especially for Latina writers whose position in the world of literature is growing in visibility and popularity. For centuries literature has served as a tool for growing and struggling cultural groups which intend to succeed in making the world accept and understand their ever unique perspective of the world. This thesis has found, from the novel perspective of a women's point of view, that race, ethnicity, social class and gender are the four most notable issues which unite Latina literature.
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- Women authors Hispanic American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Department	Department of Modern Languages
Advisor	García-Lozada, Antonio
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	spa
OCLC number	42453717
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