Herrera, Cristina (Chicano studies professor)
ChicaNerds in Chicana young adult literature : Brown and Nerdy / Cristina Herrera. - 1 online resource. - Children's literature and culture .
ChicaNerds in Chicana Young Adult Literature analyzes novels by the acclaimed Chicana YA writers Jo Ann Yolanda Hernndez, Isabel Quintero, Ashley Hope Prez, Erika Snchez, Guadalupe Garca McCall, and Patricia Santana. Combining the term "Chicana" with "nerd," Dr. Herrera coins the term "ChicaNerd" to argue how the young women protagonists in these novels voice astute observations of their identities as nonwhite teenagers, specifically through a lens of nerdiness--a reclamation of brown girl self-love for being a nerd. In analyzing these ChicaNerds, the volume examines the reclamation and powerful acceptance of one's nerdy Chicana self. While popular culture and mainstream media have shaped the well-known figure of the nerd as synonymous with white maleness, Chicana YA literature subverts the nerd stereotype through its negation of this identity as always white and male. These ChicaNerds unite their burgeoning sociopolitical consciousness as young nonwhite girls with their "nerdy" traits of bookishness, math and literary intelligence, poetic talents, and love of learning. Combining the sociopolitical consciousness of Chicanisma with one aligned to the well-known image of the "nerd," ChicaNerds learn to navigate the many complicated layers of coming to an empowered declaration of themselves as smart Chicanas.
9781000091823 1000091821 9781003016472 1003016472 9781000091885 1000091880 9781000091946 1000091945
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
PS153.M4 / H47 2021
810.9/86872
ChicaNerds in Chicana young adult literature : Brown and Nerdy / Cristina Herrera. - 1 online resource. - Children's literature and culture .
ChicaNerds in Chicana Young Adult Literature analyzes novels by the acclaimed Chicana YA writers Jo Ann Yolanda Hernndez, Isabel Quintero, Ashley Hope Prez, Erika Snchez, Guadalupe Garca McCall, and Patricia Santana. Combining the term "Chicana" with "nerd," Dr. Herrera coins the term "ChicaNerd" to argue how the young women protagonists in these novels voice astute observations of their identities as nonwhite teenagers, specifically through a lens of nerdiness--a reclamation of brown girl self-love for being a nerd. In analyzing these ChicaNerds, the volume examines the reclamation and powerful acceptance of one's nerdy Chicana self. While popular culture and mainstream media have shaped the well-known figure of the nerd as synonymous with white maleness, Chicana YA literature subverts the nerd stereotype through its negation of this identity as always white and male. These ChicaNerds unite their burgeoning sociopolitical consciousness as young nonwhite girls with their "nerdy" traits of bookishness, math and literary intelligence, poetic talents, and love of learning. Combining the sociopolitical consciousness of Chicanisma with one aligned to the well-known image of the "nerd," ChicaNerds learn to navigate the many complicated layers of coming to an empowered declaration of themselves as smart Chicanas.
9781000091823 1000091821 9781003016472 1003016472 9781000091885 1000091880 9781000091946 1000091945
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
PS153.M4 / H47 2021
810.9/86872