Session Details

Thursday, 29 December

521. Chicana Authors Making Masculinities

3:30–4:45 p.m., Cabinet, Washington Hilton

Program arranged by the Division on Chicana and Chicano Literature

Presiding: Theresa Delgadillo, Univ. of Notre Dame

1. “The Pursuit of Violent Masculinity: Yxta Maya Murray’s ‘Locas’ and What It Takes to Get to Las Vegas,” Julie C. Sears, Richland Coll., TX

2. “Nipping It in the Bud: Attention to the Future of Chicano Masculinity in Chicana Literature for Children,” Phillip Serrato, San Diego State Univ.

3. “Toys for the Boys: The (De)Phallicized Chamber of Gender and Transformation in Carla Trujillo’s What Night Brings,” María DeGuzmán, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

4. “The Divorce of Mr. Macho and His Wife,” Richard T. Rodríguez, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana

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