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. The study will thus be of interest to scholars specialising in feminist, cultural as well as Chicano/a studies.
| ISBN: | 9780521478038 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 1995 |
| Author: | Rafael University of Pennsylvania PèrezTorres |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Poetry |