{"product_id":"chicana-portraits-critical-biographies-of-twelve-chicana-writers-9780816551811","title":"Chicana Portraits: Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers","description":"This innovative collection pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Artist Raquel Valle-Sentíes's portraits bring visual dimension, while essays delve deeply into the authors' lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and sensibilities. The collection brilliantly intersects artistic visual and literary cultural productions, allowing complex themes to emerge, such as the fragility of life, sexism and misogyny, Chicana agency and forging one's own path, the struggles of becoming a writer and battling self-doubt, economic instability, and political engagement and activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arranged chronologically by birth order of the authors, the book can be read cover to cover for a genealogical overview, or scholars and general readers can easily jump in at any point and read about an individual author, regardless of the chronology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Biographies included in this work include Raquel Valle-Sentíes, Angela de Hoyos, Montserrat Fontes, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Norma E. Cantú, Denise Elia Chávez, Carmen Tafolla, Cherríe Moraga, Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Sandra Cisneros, and Demetria Martínez. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cordelia E. Barrera \u003cbr\u003e Mary Pat Brady \u003cbr\u003e Norma E. Cantú \u003cbr\u003e María Jesus Castro Dopacio \u003cbr\u003e Carlos Nicolás Flores \u003cbr\u003e Myrriah Gómez \u003cbr\u003e Maria Magdalena Guerra de Charur \u003cbr\u003e Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs \u003cbr\u003e Georgina Guzmán \u003cbr\u003e Cristina Herrera \u003cbr\u003e María Esther Quintana \u003cbr\u003e Eliza Rodríguez y Gibson \u003cbr\u003e Meagan Solomon \u003cbr\u003e Lourdes Torres \u003cbr\u003e Raquel Valle-Sentíes \u003cbr\u003e Jen Yáñez-Alaniz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorma E. Cantú is a scholar-activist who currently serves as the Murchison Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University. She is founder and director of the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa and has published fiction, poetry, and personal essays, including the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eCanícula\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCabañuelas\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raquel Valle-Sentíes, an artist, poet, and playwright, was born and raised in Laredo, Texas. Her poetry has been published widely, and she has authored four full-length plays and three one-act plays. Valle-Sentíes has also won numerous awards for her oil paintings in state and international competitions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661174051090,"sku":"9780816551811","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb527d78-da6f-4330-9976-c49afbdd5d74.jpg?v=1733486595","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chicana-portraits-critical-biographies-of-twelve-chicana-writers-9780816551811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}