Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American

Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature (American Literatures Initiative, 4)

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Chicano Nations argues that the transnationalism that is central to Chicano identity originated in the global, postcolonial moment at the turn of the nineteenth century rather than as an effect of contemporary economic conditions, which began in the mid nineteenth century and primarily affected the laboring classes. The Spanish empire then began to implode, and colonists in the â€œnew worldâ€ debated the national contours of the viceroyalties. This is where Marissa K. LÃ³pez locates the origins of Chicano literature, which is now and always has been â€œpostnational,â€ encompassing the wealthy, the poor, the white, and the mestizo. Tracing its long history and the diversity of subject positions it encompasses, Chicano Nations explores the shifting literary forms authors have used to write the nation from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

LÃ³pez argues that while national and global tensions lie at the historical heart of Chicana/o narratives of the nation, there should be alternative ways to imagine the significance of Chicano literature other than as a reflection of national identity. In a nuanced analysis, the book provides a way to think of early writers as a meaningful part of Chicano literary history, and, in looking at the nation, rather than the particularities of identity, as that which connects Chicano literature over time, it engages the emerging hemispheric scholarship on U.S. literature.
Country USA
Brand NYU Press
Manufacturer NYU Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780814752623

Country	USA
Brand	NYU Press
Manufacturer	NYU Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780814752623

Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature (American Literatures Initiative, 4)

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