Rolando Hinojosa : a reader's guide / Klaus Zilles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zilles, Klaus, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinojosa, Rolando--Criticism and interpretation.

Hinojosa, Rolando.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Texas--In literature.

Texas.

Physical Description:

xvii, 233 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2001]

Summary:

The first comprehensive interpretation of the work of a major figure in Chicano literature.

Contents:

Part 1 The Klail City Death Trip Series: Beyond the Formula Novel 1

1 Estampas del Valle 7

2 The Valley 9

3 El condado de Belken: Klail City 11

4 Klail City 15

5 Korean Love Songs: Korea Liebes Lieder 23

6 Claros Varones de Belken: Fair Gentlemen of Belken County 25

7 Mi querido Rafa 29

8 Dear Rafe 33

9 Rites and Witnesses 37

10 Partners in Crime: A Rafe Buenrostro Mystery 39

11 Becky and Her Friends 43

12 Los amigos de Becky 51

13 The Useless Servants 57

14 Ask a Policeman: A Rafe Buenrostro Mystery 65

15 A Concluding Note 73

Part 2 Rethinking the Postmodern: Gender, Ethnicity, and Language in Belken County 75

16 The Critics and the Question of the Postmodern 77

17 Postmodernism Revisited: Initiatory Debates and Recent Criticism 81

Part 3 "Fooling Around with Time and Space" 91

18 The Death Trip: A Quest for Life 93

19 The Charting of Chicano Literature 95

20 A Faulknerian Legacy 101

Part 4 The Four Sections of the Klail City Death Trip Series 103

21 Jehu Malacara: A Moral Delinquent 107

22 Esteban Echevarria: Memories of Arcadia 137

23 Rafa Buenrostro: The Making of Texas 145

24 P. Galindo and the Literary Quest: A Conclusion 195.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.

ISBN:

0826322751

OCLC:

46822237