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“Capirotada: A Renewed Chicana Spirituality through a Chicana Literary Lens,” Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Seattle University. Gutiérrez y Muhs discerns new currents of Chicana spirituality, which she characterizes as eclectic, in works by three Chicana writers (Norma E. Cantú, Demetria Martínez, and Sandra Cisneros).
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Muhs, G.G.y. (2016). Capirotada: A Renewed Chicana Spirituality Through a Chicana Literary Lens. In: Herrera, C., Mercado-López, L. (eds) (Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape. Literatures of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94901-4_9
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