Contemporary Chicanx Environmental Justice Writers

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Examination of literary works by Chicana writers. Centers on engagement with ecological themes. Feminist, queer, and environmental justice theories as well as other contemporary critical theories are applied to the analysis of prose, poetry, drama, and other narrative works written by such authors as María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Jovita González, Cherríe Moraga, Ana Castillo, Helena María Viramontes, and others.