Encarnacion: Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature

Contents

C O N T E N T S List of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Feeling Pre-Columbian: Chicana Feminists’ Imaginative Historiography 34 2. Pain: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Challenge to ‘‘Women’s Health’’ 77 3. Medicine: Cherrı́e Moraga’s Boundary Violations 114 4. Movement: Ana Castillo’s Shape-Shifting Identities 151 Conclusion Rethinking Body Politics: Maya González and Diane Gamboa 193 Bibliography 215 Index 229 v ...