Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature Contributor(s): López, Marissa K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814752624 ISBN-13: 9780814752623 Publisher: New York University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2011 Click for more in this series: American Literatures Initiative |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 810.986 |
LCCN: 2011015694 |
Series: American Literatures Initiative |
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 8.98" W x 6.07" L (0.82 lbs) 269 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Choice 03/01/2012 |
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Publisher Description: Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series Chicano Nations argues that the transnationalism that is central to Chicano identity originated in the global, postcolonial moment at the turn of the nineteenth century rather than as an effect of contemporary economic conditions, which began in the mid nineteenth century and primarily affected the laboring classes. The Spanish empire then began to implode, and colonists in the "new world" debated the national contours of the viceroyalties. This is where Marissa K. L pez locates the origins of Chicano literature, which is now and always has been "postnational," encompassing the wealthy, the poor, the white, and the mestizo. Tracing its long history and the diversity of subject positions it encompasses, Chicano Nations explores the shifting literary forms authors have used to write the nation from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries.L pez argues that while national and global tensions lie at the historical heart of Chicana/o narratives of the nation, there should be alternative ways to imagine the significance of Chicano literature other than as a reflection of national identity. In a nuanced analysis, the book provides a way to think of early writers as a meaningful part of Chicano literary history, and, in looking at the nation, rather than the particularities of identity, as that which connects Chicano literature over time, it engages the emerging hemispheric scholarship on U.S. literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lopez, Marissa K.: - Marissa K. López is Associate Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA. She is the author of Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature (NYU Press, 2011) and the Vice President of the Latina/o Studies Association. |
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