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Ethnic identity and Chicano literature: How ethnicity affects reading and reading affects ethnic consciousness

open access: yesEthnic and Racial Studies, 2005
23 pagesThis article interrogates the impact of readers’ ethnicity (Latino and non-Latino) on meanings crafted from Chicano literature. This article addresses the effect of Chicano literature on ethnic identity and worldview formation. The data source is
Jessica M Vásquez
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Chicano Literature

Latino Studies, 2019
Chicano literature began as a critical and creative response to discrimination and prejudice that affected Mexicans who immigrated into the United States after the 1900s, as well as those naturalized citizens who became Mexican Americans with roots in the American conquest of the Southwest after 1848.
R. Castillo
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The Topological Space of Chicano Literature

open access: yesRevue française d’études américaines, 1988
Using George Steiner's « topological » definition of culture as « a sequence of translations and transformations of constants, » this study starts from the paradigm, of elegy and sacred space already found in Chicano Poetry : A Response to Chaos (1982) ; it postulates the presence of a common deep structure in the literary prose works examined ...
Bruce-Novoa, Juan
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An Overview of Contemporary Chicano/a Literature

Literature Compass, 2006
Abstract This paper aims to review and highlight the main themes and ideas of contemporary Chicano/a literature. Given that the awakening of this literature is closely connected with the Chicano Movement, the early literature reflects a similar socio‐political agenda, with an emphasis on the recuperation of historical memory.
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Queer Chicano Families: The Importance of Converging Literature on Queer Families, Chicano Families, and Chicano Queers

Sociology Compass, 2015
Abstract Despite growing literature on Latino families and Latino queer identities, there has been relatively little empirical research on Latino same‐sex families. Likewise, emerging empirical research on gay and lesbian couples tends to focus on the experiences of middle‐class, well‐educated, White couples.
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Magical Realism in Chicano Literature

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This thesis examines how Chicanos use the literary mode of magical realism to express their cultural identity. Mislabeling works from authors of Latin or Hispanic descent continues as literature from the bordertowns along the US – Mexican border reached general audiences.
Vazquez, Laura
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Exploration of the USA Culture by Mexican Language Students through Reading Chicano Literature

open access: yesProcedia, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
Language students are expected to be conscious of the fact that the target language is an expression of the culture of those societies where it is used in everyday communication.
A. V. Sokolova
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