Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas: Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments I can only begin to suggest the many people in my circle who have helped me in bringing this project to its completion. With apologies to those who are not named here, I wish to offer my most sincere thanks to the Literature Board of The University of California, Santa Cruz; the University of California Education Abroad Program; the Fulbright Association; the Department of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University , Long Beach, the College of Liberal Arts at CSULB for their constant institutional support. To Jose Saldívar, Norma Klahn, Louis Owens, Deena Gonzalez, Arturo Aldama, and the anonymous readers of the early manuscript for their guidance . To readers of sections of the manuscript: Barbara Ige, Eve Ashi Griselda Suarez, Maythee Rojas, Tammy Ho, Linda España-Maram, Carolyn Sandoval, Alicia Jimenez, and Rowena Robles for intellectual energy. To my friends, family, and my students for nurturing my spirit. Finally, to Bernie Visser for love, patience, peace and laughter, I offer my strongest gratitude. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK toward a latina feminism of the americas THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...