Tortilleras on the Prairie

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article argues that there is a considerable, distinctive Latina lesbian cultural presence in the Midwest that cannot be sufficiently accounted for using prevalent East or West Coast models of Latina lesbian artistic representation. By examining the literary productions of Latina lesbians in and/or from the Great Plains, we can arrive at a new concept of the border and of what it means to be a Chicana or Latina lesbian.