Norma Alarcón: Forced by Circumstance, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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A landmark collection of the work of pioneering Chicana scholar, Norma Alarcón.

Forced by Circumstance gathers in one volume foundational essays by, and interviews with one of the most highly esteemed intellectuals in Chicana / o, Latina / o, and Feminist Studies. Reading Alarcón's essays---from her early work on Mexican feminist writer Rosario Castellanos to her recent reflections on the carceral state and the political debacle that our contemporary situation presents---not only offers readers a sense of the intellectual trajectory of one of our most important Chicana feminist thinkers but also brings to a new generation of scholars and readers classic essays in Chicana / o Studies, Cultural Studies, Feminist Studies, and Literary Studies.