Southwest Asia

The Transpacific Geographies of Chicana/o Literature

Author: Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue
ISBN: 9780813577166

Chicana/o literature is justly acclaimed for the ways it voices opposition to the dominant Anglo culture, speaking for communities ignored by mainstream American media. Yet the world depicted in these texts is not solely inhabited by Anglos and Chicanos; as this groundbreaking new book shows, Asian characters are cast in peripheral but nonetheless pivotal roles.   Southwest Asia investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Américo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Méndez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue takes our conception of Chicana/o literature as a transnational movement in a new direction, showing that it is not only interested in North-South migrations within the Americas, but is also deeply engaged with East-West interactions across the Pacific.  He also raises serious concerns about how these texts inva

Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publish Date: 2016-06-17

Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / Regional, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Literary Criticism / American / Hispanic American, Literary Criticism / American / Asian American, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA))