women writers on their poor and working-class roots
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- López, Lorraine M. > (ed.)
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 9 2009
- Thesaurus
- schrijvers, sociale klasse, armoede, gender, etniciteit, Verenigde Staten, essay, autobiografie
- Description
- This publication is an anthology that collects personal essays and memoir by a diverse group of authors united by poor or working-class roots in America. Many of the essays reflect on the immigrant experience and struggles against the multiplying factors of poverty, gender, and ethnicity. The contributors include Dorothy Allison, Joy Castro, Lisa D. Chavez, Mary Childers, Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Teresa Dovalpage, Maureen Gibbon, Dwonna Goldstone, Joy Harjo, Lorraine M. López, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes, Bich Minh Nguyen, Judy Owens, Lynn Pruett, Heather Sellers, and Angela Threatt.