Geographies of Girlhood in US Latina Writing
Decolonizing Spaces and Identities
Andrea Fernández-García
Geographies of Girlhood in US Latina Writing
Decolonizing Spaces and Identities
Andrea Fernández-García
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Unlike most representations of Latina girls, which are characterized by cultural inaccuracies, tropes of exoticism, and a tendency to associate the host society with modernity and their girls’ cultures of origin with backwardness and oppression, these texts contribute to reimagining the social differently from what the dominant imagery offers.
Andrea Fernández García is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She has presented papers in conferences held in Spain, Slovakia, USA, Canada and Romania. She has taught courses on English as a second language, Twentieth-century English literature and American literature and culture.
“Fernández-García’s book represents an invaluable approach to the field by making visible the absences in the increasingly popular field of girl’s study. … The author goes beyond essentialism, stereotypical depictions, and one-dimensional analyses by offering a solid and thorough reading of literary and scholarly texts. … Therefore, I emphasize the exceptional contribution that Geographies of Girlhood represents for approaches to intersectionality, scholarship on girlhood, and notions of US Latinx literature that ultimately redefine American studies.” (Macarena Garcia‑Avello, Latino Studies, Vol. 19, 2021)
Andrea Fernández García is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She has presented papers in conferences held in Spain, Slovakia, USA, Canada and Romania. She has taught courses on English as a second language, Twentieth-century English literature and American literature and culture.