Alvina Quintana’s Home Girls:Chicana Literary Voices
After explaining that “Home Girls” is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to “women of color,” Alvina Quintana introduces herself as “a Chicana who thrives on the writing produced by [her] Chicana ‘Home Girls’”. The reader of Home Girls soon realizes, however, that besides possessin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7469 |
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| Summary: | After explaining that “Home Girls” is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to “women of color,” Alvina
Quintana introduces herself as “a Chicana who thrives on the writing produced by [her] Chicana ‘Home Girls’”. The reader of Home Girls soon realizes, however, that besides
possessing inside knowledge of the issues addressed in Chicana literature, Quintana is equally at ease when
discussing contemporary social/critical theorists and incorporating their perspectives in her analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 0101-4846 2175-8026 |