Price: $24.95
Page Count: 258
Publication Date: October 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9866671-3-8
“Compelling narratives, testimonios, empirical research and literary representations on mothering make up Latina/Chicana Mothering. Dorsía Smith Silva has assembled a powerful collection of essays that get at the spirit of Latina/Chicana mothering. Diversity of thought and discipline is the beauty of this anthology as it extends the topic across studies in education, incarceration, violence, homelessness, popular culture, and feminine icons among others. This is essential reading in Chicana feminist work, women studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and motherhood.“
—Ruth Trinidad Galván, Department of Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, University of New Mexico, co-editor of the Handbook of Latinos and Education.
Latina/Chicana Mothering Review - Latino Studies (2013) 11, 608–609
Latina/Chicana Mothering Review - SARGASSO 2012-2013, I & II
Introduction: Conceptualizing Latina/Chicana Mothering
Dorsía Smith Silva
I: Telling Our Tales: Testimonios
Are Hunters Born or Made?
Ana Castillo
My Mother’s Memory
Mayra Santos-Febres
How (In a Time of Trouble) I Discovered My Mom and Learned to Live
Junot Díaz
Journey to Motherhood
Dorsía Smith Silva
Learning the Hard Way
Angie Cruz
Mi Madre, Mi Hija y Yo: The Journey across Time, Culture, and Boundaries
Michelle Tellez
II: Counting the Ways to Mother: Communities and Resources
Life, Death, and Second Mothering: Mexican American Mothers, Gang Violence,
and La Virgen de Guadalupe
Richard Mora
“No hay nada tan mala/There is nothing so bad . . .”: Exploring Resources and Resilience
Among Generations of Puerto Rican Women
Laura Ruth Johnson
Mexican American Women Redefining Good Mothering and Quality Education
Gilda L. Ochoa
III: Scenes of La Familia: Facing Challenges
Latina Teenage Mothering: Meanings, Challenges, and Successes
Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Helyne Frederick, and Yvonne Caldera
Motherhood Unbound: Homeless Chicanas in San Francisco
Anne R. Roschelle
Surviving War and Trauma: Consequences for Salvadorian Mother-Daughter Relationships
Mirna E. Carranza
IV: The Ties that Bind: Literary and Cultural Representations of Latina/Chicana Mothers
Counternarratives in the Literary Works of Mexican Author Ángeles Mastretta and Chilean Author Pía Barros
Mary Lou Babineau
Contesting the Meaning of Latina/Chicana Motherhood in Dreaming in Cuban by Cuban American Cristina García
Yolanda Martínez
The Telenovela Alborada: Constructions of Mother in an Internationally Successful Spanish-language Soap Opera
Petra Guerra, Diana I. Rios, and D. Milton Stokes
Malinches, Lloronas, and Guadalupanas: Chicana Revisions of Las Tres Madres
Cristina Herrera
About the Contributors
Dorsía Smith Silva is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. She is the co-editor of Caribbean Without Borders: Caribbean Literature, Language and Culture and Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Literature and Culture.
