Literature as History Autobiography, Testimonio, and the Novel in the Chicano and Latino Experience / Mario T. García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García, Mario T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--History.

Hispanic Americans.

Mexican Americans--History.

Mexican Americans.

Literature and history--United States.

Literature and history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Summary:

Literature as History represents a unique way to rethink history. Mario T. García, a leader in the field of Chicano history and one of the foremost historian of his generation, explores how Chicano historians can use Chicano and Latino literature as important historical sources. Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Literature as History

Part I. Autobiography and Testimonio

1. The Historian as Autobiographer: Ramón Eduardo Ruiz Urueta's Memories of a Hyphenated Man

2. Identity and Gender in the Mexican American Testimonio: The Life and Narrative of Frances Esquibel Tywoniak

3. Transculturation, Memory, and History: Mary Helen Ponce's Hoyt Street-An Autobiography

4. Americanization, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: The Triple Consciousness of Richard Rodriguez and John Rechy

5. Beyond Chicanismo: Gendered Transitions and Central American Women's Autobiographies

Part II. The Novel

6. History, Literature, and the Chicano Working-Class Novel: A Critical Analysis of Alejandro Morales's The Brick People

7. The Mexican American Search for Identity: Ruben Salazar's Unpublished Novel, "A Stranger's House"

8. ¡Raza Sí! ¡Guerra No!: A Historical Perspective on the Chicano Antiwar Movement in Stella Pope Duarte's Let Their Spirits Dance

Epilogue

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3455-1

OCLC:

959329684