Chicano Satire: A Study in Literary Culture: CMAS Mexican American Monograph
Autor Guillermo Hernandezen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2012
Hernández looks specifically at the figures of the pocho (the assimilated Chicano) and the pachuco (the zoot-suiter, or urbanized youth). He shows how changes in their literary treatment—from simple ridicule to more understanding and respect—reflect the culture's changes in attitude toward the process of assimilation.
Hernández also offers many important insights into the process of cultural definition that engaged Chicano writers during the 1960s and 1970s. He shows how the writers imaginatively and syncretically formed new norms for the Chicano experience, based on elements from both Mexican and United States culture but congruent with the historical reality of Chicanos.
With its emphasis on culture change and creation, Chicano Satire will be of interest across a range of human sciences.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292741126
ISBN-10: 029274112X
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria CMAS Mexican American Monograph
ISBN-10: 029274112X
Pagini: 166
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria CMAS Mexican American Monograph
Notă biografică
Guillermo Hernández (1940–2006) was Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Cuprins
- Preface
- 1. Satire: An Introduction
- 2. Luis Valdez and Actos of Teatro Campesino
- 3. José Montoya: From the RCAF to the Trio Casindio
- 4. Rolando Hinojosa: Klail City Death Trip Series
- 5. Conclusions
- Notes
- Works Consulted
- Index
Recenzii
Writing in a jargon-free style, and approaching his subject with a keen interest in original research and practical inquiry, [Hernandez] argues for the emergence of comedy and satire as important modes by which Chicano writers have recommended and celebrated community standards that are distinctly Chicano—'distinct' because belonging to a people with a unique identity and past, and because these values comprise a creative synthesis of Mexican and Anglo cultural norms.
Descriere
In this groundbreaking study, Guillermo Hernández focuses on the uses of satire in the works of three authors—Luis Valdez, Rolando Hinojosa, and José Montoya—and on the larger context of Chicano culture in which satire operates.