Literature as history : autobiography, testimonio, and the novel in the Chicano and Latino experience / Mario T. García.

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García, Mario T. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2016]
Description
190 pages ; 24 cm

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    Literature as History represents a unique way to rethink history. Mario T. García, a leader in the field of Chicano history and one of the foremost historian of his generation, explores how Chicano historians can use Chicano and Latino literature as important historical sources. Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The historian as autobiographer: Ramón Eduardo Ruiz Urueta's Memories of a hyphenated man
    • Identity and gender in the Mexican American testimonio: the life and narrative of Frances Esquibel Tywoniak
    • Transculturation, memory, and history: Mary Helen Ponce's Hoyt Street: an autobiography
    • Americanization, ethnicity, and sexuality: the triple consciousness of Richard Rodriguez and John Rechy
    • Beyond Chicanoism: gendered transitions and Central American women's autobiographies
    • History, literature, and the Chicano working-class novel: a critical analysis of Alejandro Morales's The brick people
    • The Mexican American search for identity: Ruben Salazar's unpublished novel, "A stranger's house"
    • ¡Raza sí! ¡guerra no!: a historical perspective on the Chicano antiwar movement in Stella Pope Duarte's Let their spirits dance.
    ISBN
    • 9780816533558 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0816533555 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016007476
    OCLC
    945549906
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