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  • Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative, and Nation in Twenty-First-Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism
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  • Edited by William Orchard and Yolanda Padilla
  • 2016
  • Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
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This volume reassesses the field of Chicana/o literary studies in light of the rise of Latina/o studies, the recovery of a large body of early literature by Mexican Americans, and the “transnational turn” in American studies. The chapters reveal how “Chicano” defines a literary critical sensibility as well as a political one and show how this view can yield new insights about the status of Mexican Americans, the legacies of colonialism, and the ongoing prospects for social justice.

Chicana/o literary representations emerge as significant examples of the local that interrogate globalization’s attempts to erase difference. They also highlight how Chicana/o literary studies’ interests in racial justice and the minority experience have produced important intersections with new disciplines while also retaining a distinctive character. The recalibration of Chicana/o literary studies in light of these shifts raises important methodological and disciplinary questions, which these chapters address as they introduce the new tools required for the study of Chicana/o literature at this critical juncture.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. INTRODUCTION: CHICANA/O NARRATIVES, THEN AND NOW
  2. WILLIAM ORCHARD, YOLANDA PADILLA
  3. pp. 1-24
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  1. 1. THE DIACHRONICS OF DIFFERENCE: Chicano Narrative Then, Now, and before Chicanidad
  2. JESSE ALEMÁN
  3. pp. 25-39
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  1. 2. THE TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINARIES OF CHICANO/A STUDIES AND HEMISPHERIC STUDIES: Polycentric and Centrifugal Methodologies
  2. DAVID LUIS-BROWN
  3. pp. 40-62
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  1. 3. THE “OTHER” NOVEL OF THEMEXICAN REVOLUTION
  2. YOLANDA PADILLA
  3. pp. 63-79
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  1. 4. DESIRING HISTORY IN SABINA BERMAN’S AND SANDRA CISNEROS’S NARRATIVES OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
  2. BELINDA LINN RINCÓN
  3. pp. 80-102
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  1. 5. FINDING MEXICAN CHICAGO ON MANGO STREET: A Transnational Production of Space and Place in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street and Caramelo
  2. OLGA L. HERRERA
  3. pp. 103-120
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  1. 6. RESISTING THE INTERPRETIVE SCHEMA OF THE NOVEL FORM: Rereading Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street
  2. PAULA M. L. MOYA
  3. pp. 121-138
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  1. 7. CHICANO NARRATIVE’S HIDDEN PRINT CULTURES AND THE CHICANO/A LITERARY COUNTERPUBLIC
  2. JOHN ALBA CUTLER
  3. pp. 139-158
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  1. 8. I DIGRESS: Reading Chicano Narrative and Manuel Muñoz’s “Monkey, Sí”
  2. RALPH E. RODRIGUEZ
  3. pp. 159-170
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  1. 9. CHICANO NARRATIVE NOW: Literary Discourses in an Age of Transnationalism
  2. RAMÓN SALDÍVAR
  3. pp. 171-176
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  1. 10. “YOU CHOOSE YOUR SPACE AND YOU FIGHT THERE: ”An Interview with Ramón Saldívar
  2. pp. 177-200
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  1. NOTES
  2. pp. 201-212
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  1. WORKS CITED
  2. pp. 213-228
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  1. CONTRIBUTORS
  2. pp. 229-232
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  1. INDEX
  2. pp. 233-244
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  1. Back Cover
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