Transnational Latina Narratives in the Twenty-first Century

1. Introduction: Transnational Latina Narratives
Juanita Heredia

2. Denise Chávez’s Loving Pedro Infante (2001): The Making of a Transnational Border Community
Juanita Heredia

3. Sandra Cisneros’s Caramelo (2002): Translating Gender and Genealogy Across the U.S./Mexico Borderlands
Juanita Heredia

4. Marta Moreno Vega’s When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio (2004): The Diasporic Formation of an Afro-Latina Identity
Juanita Heredia

5. Angie Cruz’s Let It Rain Coffee (2005): A Diasporic Response to Multiracial Dominican Migrations
Juanita Heredia

6. Marie Arana’s American Chica (2001): Circular Voyages in the U.S./Peruvian Archipelago
Juanita Heredia

7. Conclusion: Toward a Pan-Latina Global Alliance
Juanita Heredia

Keywords: Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, North American Literature, Gender Studies, Twentieth-Century Literature, Latin American Culture