Tag: Cristina Herrera

• #BookReview of CONTEMPORARY #CHICANA LITERATURE by journal Contemporary Women’s Writing

  Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script has been reviewed in the journal Contemporary Women’s Writing (published by Oxford University Press), and we congratulate Dr. Cristina Herrera on the outstanding book review. The review states that “The strengths of Herrera’s work are undeniable. She offers insightful and nuanced interpretations of…

  Cambria Press

  July 23, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Culture

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• #NWSA2014 Highlights: Groundbreaking Books for Women’s Studies

  #NWSA2014 attendees, are these groundbreaking books in women’s studies in your library? Make sure they are and take advantage of the 30% discount on all titles (now until November 30, 2014). Use web coupon code BA188. Unnatural Reproductions and Monstrosity: The Birth of the Monster in Literature, Film, and Media Andrea Wood and Brandy Schillace…

  Cambria Press

  November 13, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Africana Studies, Culture, History, Latin American Studies, Literature, MLA, New Scholarly Books, Performing Arts, Sociology, Theatre, Women’s Studies

  #NSWA2014, African American women, Afro-Cuban women, Andrea Wood, black women, Brandy Schillace, Cecilia Segawa Seigle, Chicana, Cristina Herrera, female, Japanese women, Kevin J. Wetmore, Linda H. Chance, Medea, modern play adaptations, monster, monstrosity, Ooku, Otherness, Shogun, Unnatural Reproductions

• Cambria Press New Book! Contemporary Chicana Literature is now available!

  Cambria Press is pleased to announce that Contemporary Chicana Literature is now available! Excerpts from this new book by Cristina Herrera: “A major element of Chicana women’s experience is navigating a society that is often racist, sexist, homophobic, and classist. … In order for the Chicana daughter to forge an identity, she must first come…

  Cambria Press

  April 8, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Culture, Latin American Studies, Literature, New Scholarly Books, Women’s Studies

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