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• #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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• Cambria Press New Book! Rebecca Brown: Literary Subversions of Homonormalization

  “In the context of queer kinship, too, Brown’s presentation of a wide range of social options typically takes the form of a critical examination. She devotes attention to the influence of class on the possibility of constructing a “family of choice,” thereby distancing herself from the optimism of gay commentators who stress the unlimited freedom…

  Cambria Press

  April 7, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Literature, Women’s Studies

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