Chicano Nations The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature

Name: Chicano Nations The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature
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ISBN: 9780814752616

ISBN-10: 0814752616

ISBN-13: 9780814752616

Edition: 2011

Authors: Marissa K. Lï¿½pez, Marissa K. Lï¿½pez

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Chicano Nationsargues 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 "new world" debated the national contours of the viceroyalties. This is where Marissa K. Lopez locates the origins of Chicano literature, which is now and always has been "postnational," encompassing the wealthy, the poor, the white, and the mestizo. Tracing its long history and the diversity of subject positions it…

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List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 10/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Marissa K. López is Assistant Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA.

Marissa K. Lï¿½pez is Associate Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA. She is the author of Chicano Nations: The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature (NYU Press, 2011) and the Vice President of the Latina/o Studies Association.