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  • Thinking en español: Interviews with Critics of Chicana/o Literature
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  • Jesús Rosales; Foreword by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
  • 2014
  • Published by: University of Arizona Press
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Thinking en español captures conversations with leading Chicana and Chicano literary critics. This unique book consists of interviews with founding members of Chicano criticism conducted by the author, Jesús Rosales, who, through his conversations with leaders such as Luis Leal, María Herrera-Sobek, Tey Diana Rebolledo, and Juan Rodríguez, shows the path of criticism from 1848 to the present.

The twelve critics interviewed for this project share certain characteristics. For each one, Mexico plays an essential role in his or her personal and academic background, and each is bilingual and bicultural, having received formal literary education in Spanish graduate programs. As products of the working class, each scholar here shares a sense of social consciousness and commitment that lends an urgency to their desire to promote Chicano literature and culture at the local, regional, national, and international levels. They serve as a source of inspiration and commitment for future generations of scholars of Chicano literature and leave a lasting legacy of their own. 

Thinking en español legitimizes Chicana/o criticism as an established discipline, and documents the works of some of the most important critics of Chicano literature at the turn of the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. This timely book immortalizes literary historical figures and documents the trajectory of Chicano criticism.

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  1. Cover Page
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Foreword: Interviews with Critics
  2. Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
  3. pp. vii-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-2
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  1. Introduction: Thinking en español
  2. pp. 3-56
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  1. Chapter 1. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry: New Mexican de hueso colorado
  2. pp. 57-66
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  1. Chapter 2. María Herrera-Sobek: Chicana Feminist Critical Theory
  2. pp. 67-84
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  1. Chapter 3. Nicolás Kanellos: El guardián de pasados literarios
  2. pp. 85-99
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  1. Chapter 4. Gary F. Keller: The Bold Caballero of Bilingual Review Press
  2. pp. 100-111
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  1. Chapter 5. Luis Leal: Chicano Literary History
  2. pp. 112-122
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  1. Chapter 6. Francisco A. Lomelí: Ambassador of Chicano Letters
  2. pp. 123-137
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  1. Chapter 7. Felipe de Ortego y Gasca: The Chicano Renaissance Man
  2. pp. 138-149
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  1. Chapter 8. Tey Diana Rebolledo: Mujer Singing in the Snow
  2. pp. 150-159
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  1. Chapter 9. Juan Rodríguez: The Communicator (sin pelos en la lengua)
  2. pp. 160-175
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  1. Chapter 10. Rosaura Sánchez: La pensadora chicana
  2. pp. 176-194
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  1. Chapter 11. Charles M. Tatum: Chicano Popular Culture
  2. pp. 195-209
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  1. Chapter 12. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto: Rasquachismo ¿y qué?
  2. pp. 210-228
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  1. References
  2. pp. 229-232
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 233
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