POETIC VOICE OF ALMA LUZ VILLANUEVA’S “MOTHER, MAY I?”
Keywords:
Keywords: Chicana, linguistic code, stanza, poetic discourse, cultural and literary conventions.Abstract
Annotation: This article discusses chicano poetry and the general themes of it.
Also it explains Alma Luz Villanueva’s masterpiece: “Mother, may I?” in which the
feminist poet’s thoughts about the society are written.
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