Moya, Paula M. L.
Learning from Experience : Minority Identities, Multicultural Struggles / Paula M. L. Moya. - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2002. - xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-229) and index.
Introduction: Identity in the Academy and Beyond
I. Postmodernism, Realism, and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism
2. Chicana Feminism and Postmodernist Theory
3. Cultural Particularity vs. Universal Humanity: The Value of Being Asimilao
4. Learning How to Learn from Others: Realist Proposals for Multicultural Education
5. Reading as a Realist: Expanded Literacy in Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus
Bibliography
Index
"In Learning from Experience, Paula Moya offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insight about our society. Moya presents a nuanced, universalist justification for identity-based work in ethnic studies. This strikingly original book provides eloquent analyses of such postmodernist feminists as Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, Norma Alarcon, and Chela Sandoval and counters the assimilationist proposals of minority neoconservatives such as Shelby Steele and Richard Rodriguez. It advances realist proposals for multicultural education and offers an understanding of the interpretive power of Chicana feminists, including Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, and Helena Maria Viramontes. Learning from Experience enlarges our concept of identity and offers new ways to situate race, gender, class, and sexual orientation in discourse of politics." (Book Cover)
American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--20th century
Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Feminist theory--United States.
Mexican American women--Intellectual life.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Minorities--United States.
Multiculturalism--United States.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
Women and literature--History--United States--20th century.
PS153.M4 / M69 2002
810.9/9287/0896872
Learning from Experience : Minority Identities, Multicultural Struggles / Paula M. L. Moya. - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2002. - xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-229) and index.
Introduction: Identity in the Academy and Beyond
I. Postmodernism, Realism, and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism
2. Chicana Feminism and Postmodernist Theory
3. Cultural Particularity vs. Universal Humanity: The Value of Being Asimilao
4. Learning How to Learn from Others: Realist Proposals for Multicultural Education
5. Reading as a Realist: Expanded Literacy in Helena Maria Viramontes's Under the Feet of Jesus
Bibliography
Index
"In Learning from Experience, Paula Moya offers an alternative to some influential philosophical assumptions about identity and experience in contemporary literary theory. Arguing that the texts and lived experiences of subordinated people are rich sources of insight about our society. Moya presents a nuanced, universalist justification for identity-based work in ethnic studies. This strikingly original book provides eloquent analyses of such postmodernist feminists as Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, Norma Alarcon, and Chela Sandoval and counters the assimilationist proposals of minority neoconservatives such as Shelby Steele and Richard Rodriguez. It advances realist proposals for multicultural education and offers an understanding of the interpretive power of Chicana feminists, including Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, and Helena Maria Viramontes. Learning from Experience enlarges our concept of identity and offers new ways to situate race, gender, class, and sexual orientation in discourse of politics." (Book Cover)
American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.--20th century
Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Feminist theory--United States.
Mexican American women--Intellectual life.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Minorities--United States.
Multiculturalism--United States.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
Women and literature--History--United States--20th century.
PS153.M4 / M69 2002
810.9/9287/0896872