Extinct Lands, Temporal Geographies: Chicana Literature and the Urgency of Space. Brady, Mary Pat. 2002. Duke UP; Durham; 1-274, appendix and index included; $45.00, hardback; $22.75 paperback; hardback. Originally published 13 August 2015 Part of a series of texts which take critical aim at the intersections of sociopolitical, cultural, and ethnicity as they exist in Latin America, Mary Pat Brady’s Extinct Lands, Temporal Geographies: Chicana Literature and the Urgency of Space is an important addition in the exploration of the diverse fabric which makes up the idea of Latinidad. Brady’s book excises the deep, complex notions of sociopolitical, cultural norms, centered in the geopolitical spatiality of la frontera—the unique and sometimes volatile landscape where the notions of race, gender, class,...
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