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10 - Latina/o Life Writing: Autobiography, Memoir,Testimonio

from Part III - Critical Methodologies and Themes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
Isabel Dúran
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John Morán González
John Morán González
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University of Texas, Austin
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The Cambridge Companion to Latina/o American Literature , pp. 161 - 177
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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