Life in search of readers : reading (in) Chicano/a literature / Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martín-Rodríguez, Manuel M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

American literature--Mexican influences.

Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.

Mexican Americans.

Authors and readers--United States.

Authors and readers.

Books and reading--United States.

Books and reading.

United States.

Books and reading in literature.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

vii, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2003]

Summary:

In this examination of Chicano/a literature, Manuel M. Martin-Rodriguez analyzes the ways it connects with and is shaped by the interaction with its audiences.

Contents:

Life in search of readers : the Quinto Sol generation and the creation of a Chicano/a readership

Characters as readers and as writers : a metaliterary reflection on the reading process

(En)gendering the reader : Chicana literature and its implied audience

Querido reader : linguistic and marketing strategies for addressing a multicultural readership

Reading (in) the past : textual recovery and the history of (reading) Chicano/a literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and indexes.

ISBN:

0826333605

OCLC:

52471880