Comadres: Female Friendship in Denise Chávez's Loving Pedro Infante.

A literary critique is presented for the book "Loving Pedro Infante," by the 21st-century Chicana writer Denise Chávez, discussing its engagement with the theme of female friendship. Broad discussion is given analyzing the place of female friendship in Chicana and Latina fiction. Discussion is also...

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Publicado en:Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 51 - 63
Autor principal: Herrera, Cristina
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Confluencia Fall2011
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Sumario:A literary critique is presented for the book "Loving Pedro Infante," by the 21st-century Chicana writer Denise Chávez, discussing its engagement with the theme of female friendship. Broad discussion is given analyzing the place of female friendship in Chicana and Latina fiction. Discussion is also offered analyzing Chávez's further examination into socio-economics and ethnicity in regard to friendship in the novel.