Women Singing in the Snow: A Cultural Analysis of Chicana Literature

Women Singing in the Snow
A Cultural Analysis of Chicana Literature
Tey Diana Rebolledo
250 pp. / 6.0 x 9.0 / 1995
Paper (978-0-8165-1546-2) [s]

Related Interest
- Latina and Latino Studies
- Literature and Essays
- Women's Studies

This first book-length analysis of the Chicana literary tradition traces the development of Chicana literature from 1848 to the present. Rebolledo discusses major writers' works, important

A book that will resonate because of its visionary history as well as the critical, theoretical framework.

—Multicultural Review

Strongly recommended for all collections.

—Choice

A style open to any reader; her analysis flows well from one primary work to another.

—Southwestern American Literature

myths and archetypes, and key theoretical issues; she then shows the ways in which Chicana writers explore subjectivity and identity in their writing, the struggle Chicana writers have faced in finding their voices and developing a strong and ethnically tagged language, and the ways they have broken taboos by transgressing into traditionally male spaces.

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