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Community theatre and indigenous performance traditions: An introduction to Chicano theatre, with reference to parallel developments in South Africa

open access: yesLiterator, 1996
This article will focus on the theme of community and on the forms stemming from oral literature and musical tradition in Chicano theatre, while drawing comparisons with similar developments in South Africa.
C. Rahner
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The Development of the Protagonist in Rudolfo Anaya’s Chicano Bildungsroman Bless Me, Ultima

open access: yesCrossroads, 2015
he main aim of this article is to examine the psychological and emotional development of the protagonist of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima, a book which is perceived as a prime example of Chicano Bildungsroman.
Kinga Maria Mioduszewska
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Imagining Queer Chican@s in the Post-Borderlands

open access: yesRevue LISA, 2013
This paper reveals how the tension of choosing between ethnic solidarity and non-normative gender/sexual identity continues to trouble Chican@/Latin@ writers, as evidenced in Felicia Luna Lemus’ novel Like Son (2007).
T. Jackie Cuevas
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Reinterpretation of Spiritual Autobiography Genre in Richard Rodriguez’s Darling

open access: yesBaltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, 2022
The article is focused on the reinterpretation of the genre of spiritual autobiography in Richard Rodriguez’s novel Darling. Rodriguez’s autobiographical prose depicts his extremely embittered attitude to heritage and the pitfalls lurking at the ...
Viktor Rakhnianskyi   +3 more
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Mexican Village: Josefina Niggli’s Border Crossing Narrative

open access: yesText Matters, 2018
The paper presents Josefina Niggli (1910–83), an American mid-twentieth-century writer who was born and grew up in Mexico, and her novel Mexican Village (1945).
Jadwiga Maszewska
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Borders of the Self in Alfredo Véa's The Silver Cloud Café

open access: yesStudies in 20th & 21st Century Literature, 2001
I am proposing an analysis of a novel by Alfredo Véra, Jr., The Silver Cloud Café (1996). As the author of a narrative trilogy that includes La Maravilla (1993), and Gods Go Begging (1999), Véa has produced, in The Silver Cloud Café , a novel that
Roberto Cantú
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Living/leaving la vida loca: on barrios, Chicano youth and gangs.

open access: yesOdisea, 2017
: Most US barrios are characterized by abundant academic failure, insufficient educational resources and high unemployment rates. In this context, the street becomes a place in which lower class Chicano kids find a space they belong to and a communal tie
Amaia Ibarraran Bigalondo
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«Guadalupe» del Teatro de la Esperanza: espejo de una realidad

open access: yesCaligrama: Revista de Estudos Românicos, 2011
Resumo: O presente trabalho analisa a obra Guadalupe do grupo teatral chicano El Teatro de la Esperanza; o estudo mostra como esta obra reflete, como um espelho, a realidade social, política e cultural da comunidade chicana na sociedade norteamericana, e
Cristiano Silva de Barros
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Classroom-world. Practices to decolonize the university training of professionals in educational and care work

open access: yesEducazione Interculturale, 2023
This contribution proposes a reflection on the impact of decolonial theories and practices in social pedagogy courses for future professionals in educational and care work (educators, social workers, rehabilitation experts and doctors). In these areas, a
Maria Livia Alga
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The analysis of Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Steet based on social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands: La Frontera

open access: yesActa Neophilologica, 2015
The article deals with the main female characters that appear in Sandra Cisneros' collection of vignettes, House on Mango Street (1991). It sheds light on their lives and motives for their actions, through social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa and the main
Špela Grum
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