This dissertation explores the early and influential works of Chicana feminist authors Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Cherríe Moraga through the lens of modern genre theory. Despite the tendency of these authors to write in multiple genres and hybrid forms, much of the scholarly response has focused on the new perspectives and experiences present in the texts rather than on their formal innovation. I contend innovative content should be considered inextricable from innovative form. These authors do not merely offer new perspectives but offer new ways of presenting ideas. Socially constructed and culturally embedded, genre operates at the level of meaning-making, purveys dominant ideology, and shapes interpretation. Given the subtle yet influential role of genre, the resistance to traditional genre in Chicana writings must be understood as challenging both literary and social norms. Because no text performs or transgresses genre in the exactly same way, there is no single theory or methodology which applies. Rather, an attentiveness to genre in texts and scholarship exposes the influence of genre in our understanding of texts. This dissertation traces genre history and its frequent borrowing of racial metaphors to illustrate logics of genre purity and reads Anzaldúa's Borderlands and its refusal to perform traditional genre as resistance essential to Anzaldúa's theorizing of mestiza consciousness, a framework based on embracing racial miscegenation. Cisneros's The House on Mango Street provides the opportunity to explore genre indeterminacy and to examine Bildungsroman as a genre case study where the origins and centuries-long debates make the constructedness of genre visible. In Moraga's Loving in the War Years and the co-edited anthology This Bridge Called My Back, I examine the innovation to the autobiography and anthology genres as well as the genre-related trends in scholarship, considering the consistently significant, if not always obvious, role of genre in shaping interpretation and analysis. The writings of Anzaldúa, Cisneros, and Moraga have changed the literary landscape, but only when genre is part of the analysis can the fullness of their innovation and literary legacy be glimpsed.
It’s a tail-wagging good time for these ten animal-loving couples as they find their happily ever afters with their best four-legged friends’ blessings. Lessons in Magic: While cleaning up cobwebs at her late Aunt Edna’s cottage, Phoebe unexpectedly discovers her latent family talent and summons a demon…who arrives disguised as an irresistible puppy. Noah Rossi, wizard in training, comes to the rescue, but can he save her from accidentally destroying the universe? Text Me: Abigail Jeffries gets a text from a stranger only to discover the sender, Carter Coben, isn’t so strange after all. Soon she’s caught up in a game of assumed identities with the same gorgeous guy she got fired from his job. But Carter has no idea that “She Hearts Dogs” is the girl who blew his world apart. All About Charming Alice: Quirky Alice Treemont spends her time rescuing unwanted dogs and protecting snakes. When refined author Jace Constant comes to town to research his new book, opposites attract, and soon the whole town is determined to make a love match between the country girl and the city slicker. Wildflower Redemption: Luz Wilkinson returns to tiny Rose Creek, Texas, to lick her wounds and toughen her resolve against love’s sting. She wants nothing more than to spend her days caring for discarded animals. But will Aaron Estes, her riding student’s widower dad, spur her to try again? Atonement: A former marine sniper, Deputy Nicolette Rivers hides her PTSD from everyone but detective Con O’Hanlon, who, along with his military dog Cadno, is more than willing to help. But is he too late to prevent Nic’s dark, downward spiral? Or is Con the one man stronger than her demons? Fated Hearts: Sheriff Carter McAlister and his dog, Dublin, have their lives upended when he offers mysterious newcomer Henley Elliott a job as his assistant. Breaking through her carefully built shell proves to be a near-impossible task, and now a dangerous new presence in the Cove seems to be targeting Henley. Sweet Texas Kiss: Veterinarian Gavin Cooper can’t believe country superstar (and the woman who broke his heart) Macy Young will inherit his family home. Luckily, Macy can’t sell the house for one year—plenty of time for him to get it back. Can they find a way to bury their animosity and rediscover their first love in the process? Unstoppable: When veterinarian Lara Monroe’s fellow cat shifter—and secret crush—Booker Chase needs help, she’s willing to use her special healing touch. Booker’s broken from the loss of his wife and burdened with PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, but Lara is showing him flashes of what might be if they can shut down the Nexus Group forever. Bloom: L.A.’s charity fundraising maven Ava Bennett heads out to the middle of nowhere to check on a friend for her rock star client, but never expects to tangle with infamous music producer Nate Robinson, nor endanger his dog’s health. Can a career woman find love with a virtual hermit? What a Texas Girl Dreams: They are opposites in so many ways, but the more veterinarian Trickett Samuels gets to know footloose and fancy free Monica Witte, the more he wonders if he can convince this Texas girl that having roots will only help her soar higher.
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