Ends of assimilation : the formation of Chicano literature /
Ends of Assimilation examines how Chicano literature imagines the conditions and costs of cultural change, arguing that its thematic preoccupation with assimilation illuminates the function of literature. John Alba Cutler shows how mid-century sociologists advanced a model of assimilation that ignor...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Ends of Assimilation examines how Chicano literature imagines the conditions and costs of cultural change, arguing that its thematic preoccupation with assimilation illuminates the function of literature. John Alba Cutler shows how mid-century sociologists advanced a model of assimilation that ignored the interlinking of race, gender, and sexuality and characterized American culture as homogenous, stable, and exceptional. He demonstrates how Chicano literary works from the postwar period to the present understand culture as dynamic and self-consciously promote literature as a medium for influencing the direction of cultural change. With original analyses of works by canonical and noncanonical writers - from Américo Paredes, Sandra Cisneros, and Jimmy Santiago Baca to Estela Portillo Trambley, Alfredo Véa, and Patricia Santana - Ends of Assimilation demands that we reevaluate assimilation, literature, and the very language we use to talk about culture. -- from back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190210113 0190210117 9780190210120 0190210125 |