Postnationalism in chicana/o literature and culture / Ellie D. Hernandez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hernandez, Ellie D.

Series:

Chicana matters series.

Chicana matters series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Politics and literature--United States.

Politics and literature.

Mexican Americans--Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans.

Nationalism and literature--United States.

Nationalism and literature.

Group identity--United States.

Group identity.

Homosexuality and literature--United States.

Homosexuality and literature.

Mexican American gay people--Intellectual life.

Mexican American gay people.

Globalization--Social aspects--United States.

Globalization.

Gender identity in literature.

Mexican-American Border Region--In literature.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Postnationalism in chicana literature and culture

Postnationalism in chicano literature and culture

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades, Chicana/o literary and cultural productions have dramatically shifted from a nationalist movement that emphasized unity to one that openly celebrates diverse experiences. Charting this transformation, Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture looks to the late 1970s, during a resurgence of global culture, as a crucial turning point whose reverberations in twenty-first-century late capitalism have been profound. Arguing for a postnationalism that documents the radical politics and aesthetic processes of the past while embracing contemporary cultural and sociopolitical expressions among Chicana/o peoples, Hernández links the multiple forces at play in these interactions. Reconfiguring text-based analysis, she looks at the comparative development of movements within women's rights and LGBTQI activist circles. Incorporating economic influences, this unique trajectory leads to a new conception of border studies as well, rethinking the effects of a restructured masculinity as a symbol of national cultural transformation. Ultimately positing that globalization has enhanced the emergence of new Chicana/o identities, Hernández cultivates important new understandings of borderlands identities and postnationalism itself.

Contents:

Postnationalism : encountering the global

Idealized pasts : discourses on Chicana postnationalism

Cultural borderlands : the limits of national citizenship

Chicana/o fashion codes : the political significance of style

Performativity in the Chicana/o autobiography

Denationalizing Chicana/o queer representations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-227) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79360-X

OCLC:

429934463