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contents preface ix acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1 1 “unir los lazos”: braiding chicana and mexicana subjectivities Chapter 2 19 crossing borders and blurring boundaries: sandra cisneros re-visions the wailing woman Chapter 3 45 “no dejen que se escapen”: carmen boullosa and laura esquivel Chapter 4 65 acts of daily resistance in urban and rural settings: the fiction of helena maría viramontes afterword 89 notes 99 bibliography 109 index 123 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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