Feminism on the Border: Chicana Gender Politics and Literature

In this bold contribution to contemporary feminist theory, Sonia Saldívar-Hull argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. Grounding her work in an analysis of the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers—Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena María Viramontes—Saldívar-Hull examines a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines, which she collects under the term "feminism on the border." By comparing and defining literary and n...