Bridges, borders, breaks : history, narrative, & nation in twenty-first-century Chicana/o literary criticism / edited by William Orchard & Yolanda Padilla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orchard, William (William E.), editor.

Series:

Latino and Latin American profiles

Latino & Latin American profiles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

Physical Description:

viii, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]

Summary:

This volume reassesses the field of Chicana/o literary studies in light of the rise of Latina/o studies, the recovery of a large body of early literature by Mexican Americans, and the "transnational turn" in American studies. The chapters reveal how "Chicano" defines a literary critical sensibility as well as a political one and show how this view can yield new insights about the status of Mexican Americans, the legacies of colonialism, and the ongoing prospects for social justice. Chicana/o literary representations emerge as significant examples of the local that interrogate globalization's attempts to erase difference. They also highlight how Chicana/o literary studies' interests in racial justice and the minority experience have produced important intersections with new disciplines while also retaining a distinctive character. The recalibration of Chicana/o literary studies in light of these shifts raises important methodological and disciplinary questions, which these chapters address as they introduce the new tools required for the study of Chicana/o literature at this critical juncture. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Diachronics of Difference: Chicano Narrative Then, Now, and before Chicanidad / Jesse Alemán Alemán, Jesse 25

Chapter 2 The Transnational Imaginaries of Chicano/a Studies and Hemispheric Studies: Polycentric and Centrifugal Methodologies / David Luis-Brown Luis-Brown, David 40

Chapter 3 The "Other" Novel of the Mexican Revolution / Yolanda Padilla Padilla, Yolanda 63

Chapter 4 Desiring History in Sabina Berman's and Sandra Cisneros's Narratives of the Mexican Revolution / Belinda Linn Rincon Rincon, Belinda Linn 80

Chapter 5 Finding Mexican Chicago on Mango Street: Transnational Production of Space and Place in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street and Caramelo / Olga L. Herrera Herrera, Olga L. 103

Chapter 6 Resisting the Interpretive Schema of the Novel Form: Rereading Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street / Paula M. L. Moya Moya, Paula M. L. 121

Chapter 7 Chicano Narrative's Hidden Print Cultures and the Chicano/a Literary Counterpublic / John Alba Cutler Cutler, John Alba 139

Chapter 8 I Digress: Reading Chicano Narrative and Manuel Muñoz's "Monkey, Si" / Ralph E. Rodriguez Rodriguez, Ralph E. 159

Chapter 9 Chicano Narrative Now: Literary Discourses in an Age of Transnationalism / Ramón Saldívar Saldívar, Ramón 171

Chapter 10 "You Choose Your Space and You Fight There" An Interview with Ramón Saldívar 177.

ISBN:

9780822964148

0822964147

OCLC:

930683553

Publisher Number:

99968026624