Migrant Song: Politics and Process in Contemporary Chicano Literature - Softcover

McKenna, Teresa

 
9780292751880: Migrant Song: Politics and Process in Contemporary Chicano Literature
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0292751885 ISBN 13: 9780292751880
Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1997

Synopsis

Migration and continuity have shaped both the Chicano people and their oral and written literature. In this pathfinding study of Chicano literature, Teresa McKenna specifically explores how these works arise out of social, political, and psychological conflict and how the development of Chicano literature is inextricably embedded in this fact.

McKenna begins by appraising the evolution of Chicano literature from oral forms—including the important role of the corrido in the development of Chicano poetry. In subsequent chapters she examines the works of Richard Rodriguez and Rolando Hinojosa. She also devotes a chapter to the development of the Chicana voice in Chicano literature. Her epilogue considers the parallel development of Chicano literary theory and discusses some possible directions for research.

In McKenna's own words, "I believe that the future of this literature, as that of all literatures by people of color in the United States, rests largely on its being effectively introduced into the curricula at all levels, as well as its entrance into the critical consciousness of literary theory." This book will be an important step in that process.

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About the Author

Teresa McKenna is Associate Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

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Migration and continuity have shaped both the Chicano people and their oral and written literature. In this pathfinding study of Chicano literature, Teresa McKenna specifically explores how these works arise out of social, political, and psychological conflict and how the development of Chicano literature is inextricably embedded in this fact.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0292751885
ISBN 13 
9780292751880
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
170

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