Migrant song : politics and process in contemporary Chicano literature / Teresa McKenna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna, Teresa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Politics and literature--Mexico--History--20th century.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Mexico--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1997.

Summary:

Migration and continuity have shaped both the Chicano people and their oral and written literature. In this pathfinding study of Chicano literature, Teresa McKenna specifically explores how these works arise out of social, political, and psychological conflict and how the development of Chicano literature is inextricably embedded in this fact. McKenna begins by appraising the evolution of Chicano literature from oral forms—including the important role of the corrido in the development of Chicano poetry. In subsequent chapters she examines the works of Richard Rodriguez and Rolando Hinojosa. She also devotes a chapter to the development of the Chicana voice in Chicano literature. Her epilogue considers the parallel development of Chicano literary theory and discusses some possible directions for research. In McKenna's own words, "I believe that the future of this literature, as that of all literatures by people of color in the United States, rests largely on its being effectively introduced into the curricula at all levels, as well as its entrance into the critical consciousness of literary theory." This book will be an important step in that process.

Contents:

Prologue. Parto de palabra : the many births of the migrant song

"In our own land" : politics and cultural process in contemporary Chicano literature

Chicano poetry and the political age : the Canales/Córdova corridos as social drama

"On lies, secrets, and silence" : hunger of memory as autobiography : a comparative perspective

Power reversals and the comic : Rolando Hinojosa as a political writer

Engendering the border : toward a Chicana literary aesthetic

Epilogue. Borderness and pedagogy : exposing culture in the classroom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76783-8

OCLC:

1286806654