Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature: Explorations of Place and Belonging

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Bettinger-López, Carolina, 216n28 Bhabha, Homi, 196n15 Body. See embodiment Borders, 2, 4–5, 7, 9, 20, 21, 30–31, 62–63, 186, 187, 208n37; in Caramelo, 86–87; in “The Cariboo Café,” 185; in “Compadre,” 40–41, 43, 44; in Face of an Angel, 56; in “The Last of the Menu Girls,” 36; in Sapogonia, 67, 69–72; U.S.-Mexico border crossings, 218n18 Borderlands, 9, 10, 26, 61–63, 66, 205n2, 205n5; in Caramelo, 79, in Sapogonia, 68. See also Texas Borland, Isabel Alvarez, 156, 214n7 Bost, Suzanne, 200n78 Brady, Mary Pat, 6, 203n12 Brodkin, Karen, 207n24 Brown, Linda Joyce, 200n78 Bruce-Novoa, Juan, 209n11, 211n24 Butler, Judith, 163–164, 165, 170, 180–181, 215n23, 216n34, 216n35, 217n42 California, 159, 175, 177–180 Camacho, Alicia Schmidt, 198n35 Caminero-Santangelo, Marta, 197n25, 216n31 Candelaria, Cordelia Chávez, 34 Carnival, 211n33, 212n36; in The Line of the Sun, 105–106; in The Meaning of Consuelo, 113, 117–118, 123 Abuse: in Face of an Angel, 45–49, 53–54, 204n31; in The Turkish Lover, 145 Acosta-Belén, Edna, 210n16 Acuña, Rodolfo, 209n40 Afro-Cuban. See ethnicity Aldama, Arturo, 197n27 Alumbaugh, Heather, 78, 207n28 Americas, 4, 8 Anaya, Rudolfo, 203n20 Anderson, Douglas, 35, 203n20 Anzaldúa, Gloria, 20, 63, 205n7; Borderlands/La Frontera, 64–66 Arapaio, Joe, 187 Arizona: anti-Latino legislation in, 186–191; education measures, 218n14 Arredondo, Gabriela, 205n1, 205n8, 207n30, 207n39 Assimilation, 190–191, 200n88, 201n92 Autobiography: in Esmeralda Santiago, 131; in The Turkish Lover, 148, 151, 152–153; in When I Was Puerto Rican, 133–134, 138; in women writers, 213n13 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 118 Bammer, Angelika, 195n9, 213n19 Batalla, Guillermo, 207n34 Beebe, Thomas O., 201n89 Behar, Ruth, 215n17, 216n28 Benmajor, Rina, 11, 94 Berlant, Lauren, 200n78 Index 240 / index Cuban American literature, 156, 214n7, 214n9, 214n10, 214n11, 214n16, 216n31 Cuban Refugee Program, 199n54 Culinary practices, 1–2 Cutter, Martha, 196n11 Cyberspace. See internet Dávila, Arlene, 16, 199n65 De Genova, Nicolas, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 197n27, 198n34, 199n67 De la Campa, Ramón, 7 Derrida, Jacques, 213n19 Deviancy: in The Line of the Sun, 104–109 Disease, 33, 34; in Face of an Angel, 47–48; in “The Last of the Menu Girls,” 36–39, 203n23; in The Meaning of Consuelo, 125; in Princess Papaya, 166, 169, 171 Displacement, 213n19, in “The Cariboo Café,” 185; in Face of an Angel, 45–49, 53–55; in “The Last of the Menu Girls,” 36; in Princess Papaya, 166, 167 Dream Act, 189–190; and President Barak Obama, 218n16 Eakin, Marshall, 30 Echano, Marta, 129, 212n9 Ecocriticism, 202n8. See also place Elenes, Alejandra, 18 Elizonda, Sergio, 205n2 Embodiment, 62, 213n17, 215n23; in Almost a Woman, 143–144; in Face of an Angel, 47; in Princess Papaya, 158, 160–161, 163–165; in Sapogonia, 70, 71–75; in The Turkish Lover, 146–147, 151; in When I Was Puerto Rican, 134–136. See also sexuality Estado Libre Asociado, 11, 12 Ethnicity: Afro-Cuban, 168–171, 182; as instrumental, 72–74, 207n23; Jewish, 73–74, 207n24; Juban, 166–167, 168–169, 216n28, 216n29; WASP, 166 Eysturoy, Annie O., 203n20 Favre, Geneviève, 209n11, 211n27 Faymonville, Carmen, 209n10, 210n11, 211n23 Fernández, Roberta, 217n2 Finnegan, Jordana, 78 Flores, Juan, 7, 11, 94, 97, 98, 101, 113, 125, 196n13, 210n17, 212n4 Flores, William V., 199n65 Castañeda, Alejandra, 16 Castillo, Ana, 26, 191, 206n15, 206n17; Sapogonia, 62–63, 66–77, 206n18 Castillo, Debra, 203n20 Chapa, Jorge, 8 Chávez, Denise, 25, 29, 31–34, 191; and autobiography, 202n9; Face of an Angel, 34–35, 45–60, 203n12, 204n30; The Last of the Menu Girls, 34–45, 202n12, 203n20 Chávez, Leo, 10, 17, 200n74, 200n82 Chicago: in Caramelo, 85–86; Mexicans in, 205n1, 206n17, 207n30 Chicano/a identity: in Borderlands/La Frontera, 64; in Caramelo, 78, 79, 89, 90; in Denise Chávez, 44; in Face of an Angel, 52 Chicano/a literature, 6, 7, 32–34, 192 Chumash Indians, 178–179 Cisneros, Henry, 200n88 Cisneros, Sandra, 26, 79, 89, 191, 193, 208n39; Caramelo, 62–63, 66, 77–92, 207n27, 207n31, 208n35, 208n63; The House on Mango Street 209n41; as political writer, 209n42 Citizenship, 3, 9, 11–12, 15–16, 23, 29, 62, 128, 185–186, 190, 199n65; as cultural, 200n74; in Almost a Woman, 139; in Sapogonia, 69, 72 Colonialism, 3; in Line of the Sun, 102, 104–105, 107 Comer, Krista, 196n11 Communism. See socialism Community: in “Compadre,” 41; in Princess Papaya, 157, 164–165, 179, 182; in...