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- The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature
- The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Synchronic Histories of American Sexuality
- The Sexuality of American History
- Queer Literary Movements
- 9 Trans-ing Transcendentalism
- 10 Sentimental Literature and the Erotics of Identification
- 11 Queer Modernism and Misfit Identity
- 12 Imperialism and the Queer Harlem Renaissance
- 13 The Mystical Sexuality of the Beats and the Berkeley Renaissance
- 14 The New York School’s Queer Happiness
- 15 Chicana and Latina Lesbian Feminists and the Radical Making of Anthological Archives of Willfulness
- 16 Queer Literature after Queer Theory
- Part II Diachronic Histories of American Sexuality
- Part III Queer Methods
- Index
15 - Chicana and Latina Lesbian Feminists and the Radical Making of Anthological Archives of Willfulness
from Queer Literary Movements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2024
- The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature
- The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Synchronic Histories of American Sexuality
- The Sexuality of American History
- Queer Literary Movements
- 9 Trans-ing Transcendentalism
- 10 Sentimental Literature and the Erotics of Identification
- 11 Queer Modernism and Misfit Identity
- 12 Imperialism and the Queer Harlem Renaissance
- 13 The Mystical Sexuality of the Beats and the Berkeley Renaissance
- 14 The New York School’s Queer Happiness
- 15 Chicana and Latina Lesbian Feminists and the Radical Making of Anthological Archives of Willfulness
- 16 Queer Literature after Queer Theory
- Part II Diachronic Histories of American Sexuality
- Part III Queer Methods
- Index
Summary
This chapter traces a select anthological archive to examine how Chicana/Latina lesbian feminist editors and writers of the late twentieth century—through collective efforts to write their lesbian feminisms into existence—made significant contributions to U.S. lesbian feminist literature and thought. Chicana/Latina lesbian feminist writers have been important contributors to the formation of multiple U.S. literary movements, including U.S. lesbian feminist literature, especially through the editing of anthologies. This chapter considers how an archive of Chicana/Latina lesbian feminist willfulness has been instrumental in constituting and anthologizing lesbian and women of color feminisms.
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- The Cambridge History of Queer American Literature , pp. 269 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024