Brown Gumshoes: Detective Fiction and the Search for Chicana/o Identity

Index

INDEX Abella, Alex, 8–9, 153–154n.3, 156n.2 Acosta, Oscar Zeta, 80, 100, 101, 102, 104, 128, 154n.3 African Americans, 4, 7, 23–24, 82, 99 Agency, 48, 67–68, 70, 74, 93, 96, 98 Alarcón, Norma, 42, 55, 153n.8 Albuquerque (Anaya), 116, 155n.1, 155n.12 Aldama, Arturo, 26 Aldama, Frederick Luis, 35, 143n.13, 145n.19 Alienation: and Anaya’s Sonny Baca series, 129; and Chicana/o identity , 5, 6–7, 26; and Corpi’s Gloria Damasco series, 128; and detective novels, 6, 126, 143n.13; and Garcia-Aguilera, 134; and Hinojosa , 11, 126; and Hinojosa’s Klail City Death Trip series, 24, 31; and homosexuality, 38, 39, 41, 47; and Nava’s Henry Rios series, 35, 39, 47; as opportunity for evaluation, 7–8; and post–Treaty of Guadalupe world, 6, 131; and Ramos’s Luis Montez series, 128 Alurista, 106, 144n.14 Ambivalence: and Corpi’s Gloria Damasco series, 64, 65, 67–72, 74–77, 104, 118–119, 128, 129, 131, 152n.7; and Garcia-Aguilera, 131, 135; and nationalism/postnationalism shift, 5; and Ramos’s Luis Montez series, 81, 89, 91, 94, 101, 104, 129, 131 Anaya, Rudolfo: as detective novel writer, 2; and genealogy, 155n.12; and identity, 15; and macho, 84–85; and metaphysics, 5; and nationalism, 106; publishing history of, 10; and self-evaluation, 8. See also specific works Anxiety, 5, 94, 100, 105, 110 Anzaldúa, Gloria, 127 Ask a Policeman (Hinojosa): and border , 11, 28–29, 31–32; and drug economy, 15, 26–29; and instrumental rationality, 27, 31, 33; as police procedural, 14, 16–17, 33, 126–127; and social relations, 27, 28, 29–30, 32; time frame of, 26, 28, 148n.18; and War on Drugs, 19, 26 Auster, Paul, 8, 57, 144–145n.18, 153n.7 Aztlán, 7, 15, 75, 88, 129, 140, 143– 144nn.14,15 Ballad of Gato Guerrero, The (Ramos), 78, 87, 88, 91–94 Ballad of Rocky Ruiz, The (Ramos), 78, 79, 81–86, 87, 88, 89–92, 101 Bhabha, Homi, 76 Black Widow’s Wardrobe (Corpi): and ambivalence, 71–72, 74, 118–119; and Chicana/o identity, 70, 71–72, 75; and Chicana/o Movement, 55, 72, 74; and epistemology, 74–75; and history, 62, 70, 71, 72–74; and identity, 58, 71, 72, 74; temporal references in, 153n.10 Bless Me, Ultima (Anaya), 10, 106, 120, 129, 156n.4 Blues for the Buffalo (Ramos): and Chicana/o identity, 78, 101, 102, 104; and disappearance, 100, 103, 104; and identity, 89, 92, 100, 101–104; and masculinity, 87–88 Bodega Dreams (Quiñones), 154n.11 Border (U.S.-Mexico): border thinking , 144n.17; and Chicana/o detective novels, 2; and Hinojosa, 5, 11, 14, 18, 126; and Hinojosa’s Klail City Death Trip series, 11, 19–20, 26, 28–29, 31–32, 126; and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 6, 131 Brady, Mary Pat, 7, 144n.15, 155n.14 Brandstetter, David, 41 Burning Plain, The (Nava), 34, 38, 41, 49 Cactus Blood (Corpi): and ambivalence , 64, 65, 67, 68, 69–70, 128, 152n.7; and causality, 66, 67; and Chicana/o identity, 67, 68, 75, 76; and Chicana/o Movement, 55, 63–65; and epistemology, 67, 69, 74–75; and identity, 56, 58, 69; and masculinity, 66, 152n.6; and nostalgia, 64, 65–66, 67, 68, 118 Carnalismo, 12, 82, 88, 89, 128 Causality: and Corpi’s Gloria Damasco series, 55, 56, 62, 63, 66, 67, 75, 128; and hard-boiled mysteries, 55–56 Cawelti, John G., 1, 6 Chabram-Dernesesian, Angie, 75, 143n.12 Chandler, Raymond: and hardboiled detective novels, 6, 17, 81, 92, 107, 133, 147n.10; and industrialization, 20–21; and Marlowe as character, 17, 92, 154n.5; and nostalgia, 151–152n.1 Chávez, César, 64, 67 Chicana/o Movement: and Corpi, 11, 54, 57; and Corpi’s Gloria Damasco series, 55, 56, 59, 63– 65, 72, 74, 77, 127; epic poems associated with, 59, 75; and Hinojosa ’s Partners in Crime, 15; and homosexuality, 150n.5; and machismo , 82; and masculinity, 66, 74, 152n.6; and mythic memory, 58; and nationalism, 2, 143n.12; and Ramos, 11–12, 90, 106; and Ramos’s Luis Montez series, 78, 79, 88–91, 101, 102, 104, 105, 127. See also Nationalism Chicano Moratorium, 59–63, 66, 121, 127 City of Glass (Auster), 8, 57, 144– 145n.18, 153n.7 Classic mysteries, 9, 14–15, 17, 18, 145–146n.21, 147n.10 Commodi...