La Plonqui: The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

Celebrating more than forty years of creative writing by Chicana author Margarita Cota-Cárdenas, this volume includes critical essays, reflections, interviews, and previously unpublished writing by the author herself to document the lifelong craft and legacy of a pioneering writer in the field. This volume's essays analyze her work's themes of Chicana identity, the Chicanx movement, and the sociopolitical climate of Arizona and the larger U.S.-Mexico border region, as well as issues of gender, sexuality, and identity related to the Chicanx experience over time.

• | Author: Jesús Rosales, Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
• | Publisher: University Of Arizona Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0816550174
• | ISBN-13: 9780816550173