| Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins Contributor(s): Pèrez-Torres, Rafael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521478030 ISBN-13: 9780521478038 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: Interpreting specific poems by some of the best known Chicano writers, this book studies the central aesthetic and thematic concerns recent Chicano poetry addresses. Drawing on current theories of postmodernity and postcoloniality, it places a "minority" literature within the central concerns of contemporary literary and cultural studies. The book addresses the most important issues related to Chicano identity, especially focusing on the contribution women writers and thinkers have made in articulating this identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.009 |
| LCCN: 94022380 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.05" W x 8.98" (1.03 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interpreting specific poems by some of the best known Chicano writers, this book studies the central aesthetic and thematic concerns recent Chicano poetry addresses. Drawing on current theories of postmodernity and postcoloniality, it places a minority literature within the central concerns of contemporary literary and cultural studies. The book addresses the most important issues related to Chicano identity, especially focusing on the contribution women writers and thinkers have made in articulating this identity. |