"Electronic books." . . "Corps humain Dans la littérature." . . . . "Feminism and literature" . . "Encarnacion takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, this book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity. The works of Gloria Anzald a, Cherr e Moraga, and Ana Castillo, in particular, enable us to examine how identities shift and intersect with others through processes of \"incarnation.\" Since the 1980s, critics have come to equate these writers with Chicana feminist identity politics. This critical trend, however, has been unable to account for these writers' increasing emphasis on bodies that are sick, disabled, permeable, and, oftentimes, mystical. Encarnaci n thus turns our attention to aspects of these writers' work that are usually ignored--Anzald a's autobiographical writings about diabetes, Moraga's narrative about her premature baby's medical treatments, and Castillo's figure of a polio-afflicted flamenco dancer--to explore the political and cultural dimensions of illness. Concerned equally with the medical-surgical interventions available in our postmodern age and with the ways of understanding bodies in the Native American and Catholic traditions these writers invoke, Encarnaci n develops a model for identity that expands beyond the boundaries of individual bodies. The book argues that this model has greater utility for feminism than identity politics because it values human variability, sensation, and openness to others. The methodology of the study is as permeable as the bodies and identities it analyzes. The book brings together discourses as disparate as Mesoamerican anthropology, art history, feminist spirituality, feminist biology, phenomenology, postmodern theory, disability studies, and autobiographical narrative in order to expand our thinking beyond what disciplinary boundaries allow." . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . "Encarnación illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature" . "Encarnación illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Encarnación : illness and body politics in Chicana feminist literature" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . "Feminism and literature History 20th century United States." . . "Littérature américaine Auteurs d'origine mexicaine Histoire et critique." . . "Feminism in literature." . . "Feminism in literature" . "Women's Health." . . "Diseases in literature." . . "Diseases in literature" . "Feminism and literature United States History 20th century." . . "United States" . . "Identity (Psychology) in literature History and criticism." . . "Feminism." . . "Feminism in literature Race identity." . . "Körper (Motiv)" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors" . . "Chicana." . . "Diseases in literature History and criticism." . . "American literature Women authors History and criticism." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Mexican Americans Race identity." . . "Mexican Americans Race identity" . "Medicine in Literature." . . "Mexican American women in literature History and criticism." . . "American literature Women authors" . . "Human body in literature History and criticism." . . "American literature Mexican American authors" . . "American literature History and criticism." . . "Littérature américaine Femmes écrivains Histoire et critique." . . "Identity (Psychology) in literature." . . "Identity (Psychology) in literature" . "American literature Mexican American authors History and criticism." . . "Mexican Americans." . . "Mexican American women in literature." . . "Mexican American women in literature" . "Disease." . . "Maladies Dans la littérature." . . "Krankheit (Motiv)" . . "Geschichte 1960-2010." . . "Social Identification." . . "Identity." . . "Frauenliteratur." . . "Human body in literature." . . "Human body in literature" .