Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture Paperback / softback
by ELLIE D. HERNANDEZ
Part of the Chicana Matters series
Paperback / softback
Description
In recent decades, Chicana/o literary and cultural productions have dramatically shifted from a nationalist movement that emphasized unity to one that openly celebrates diverse experiences.
Charting this transformation, Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture looks to the late 1970s, during a resurgence of global culture, as a crucial turning point whose reverberations in twenty-first-century late capitalism have been profound. Arguing for a postnationalism that documents the radical politics and aesthetic processes of the past while embracing contemporary cultural and sociopolitical expressions among Chicana/o peoples, Hernández links the multiple forces at play in these interactions.
Reconfiguring text-based analysis, she looks at the comparative development of movements within women's rights and LGBTQI activist circles.
Incorporating economic influences, this unique trajectory leads to a new conception of border studies as well, rethinking the effects of a restructured masculinity as a symbol of national cultural transformation.
Ultimately positing that globalization has enhanced the emergence of new Chicana/o identities, Hernández cultivates important new understandings of borderlands identities and postnationalism itself.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:255 pages
- Publisher:University of Texas Press
- Publication Date:01/05/2009
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- ISBN:9780292723467
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:255 pages
- Publisher:University of Texas Press
- Publication Date:01/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780292723467