explorations of place and belonging Socolovsky, Maya 1973- creator text bibliography Electronic books. nju 2013 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (255 pages) Introduction: Troubling America(s) -- Spaces of the Southwest: dis-ease, disease, and healing in Denise Ch�avez's The last of the menu girls and Face of an angel -- Mestizaje in the Midwest: remapping national identity in the American heartland in Ana Castillo's Sapogonia and Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo -- Colonization and transgression in Puerto Rican spaces: Judith Ortiz Cofer's Line of the sun and The meaning of Consuelo -- Memoirs of resistance: colonialism and transnationalism in Esmeralda Santiago's When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a woman, and The Turkish lover -- Tales of the unexpected: Cuban-American narratives of place and body in Himilce Novas' Princess papaya -- Postscript: The illegal aliens of American letters: troubling the immigration debate. Maya Socolovsky. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- American literature Hispanic American authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Hispanic American women Intellectual life Hispanic Americans in literature Belonging (Social psychology) Identity (Psychology) in literature National characteristics, Latin American, in literature PS153.H56 S63 2013eb 810.9/928708968 Socolovsky, Maya. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013] x, 244 pages (DLC) 2012040277 9780813561196 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10773706 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10773706 CaPaEBR 121031 ebr10773706 eng