Choice 评论
While interest in Mexican American literature has grown in recent years, this is the first collection of interviews with exclusively Chicana writers. After providing a brief general introduction, Ikas (Univ. of Wurburg, Germany) employs skillful questioning to elicit a wealth of information from her subjects--Gloria Anzaldua, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chavez, Lucha Corpi, Jamie Lujan, Demetria Martinez, Pat Mora, Cherrie Moraga, Mary Helen Ponce, and Estela Portillo-Trambley. Although the women are from different states and represent several genres, numerous common themes emerge: family, education, teaching, bilingualism, cultural heritage and diversity, spirituality, female archetypes, literary inspiration, ecology, travel, creativity and change. Ikas supplies a photograph, background information, and bibliography for each interviewee. Recent related works include the Latina Feminist Group's Telling to Live (CH, Feb'02), Sonia Saldivar-Hull's Feminism on the Border (CH, Oct'00), and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano's The Wounded Heart (CH, Mar'02). An excellent introduction for undergraduates and general readers and a rich resource for researchers, this book is highly recommended for all libraries. M. V. Ekstrom St. John Fisher College
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
According to Ikas, lecturer and graduate researcher for Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico and the Berkeley and Santa Barbara campuses of the University of California, the modern Chicana is no longer a willing subordinate of any male much less a victim. This argument is reinforced by interviews with ten prominent Chicana writers (among them Gloria Anzaldia, Denise Chavez, Pat Mora, and Cherrie Moraga), who describe the lives of Chicanas not Chicanos or male Hispanics. Each chapter features a different author and contains a brief biography and list of writings. In addition, Ikas's skillful questions elicit personal details about what each writer wishes to accomplish in life and convey in specific works, which range from short stories and poems to mysteries and sit-coms. Select topics include Chicana feminism especially gender roles and sexuality, the effects of landscape and border on a culture, and the craft of writing vs. the more traditional tasks allotted to women. What results is an insightful study that can change readers' perceptions. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries. Nedra C. Evers, Sacramento P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.