Gender and Place in Chicana/O Literature: Critical Regionalism and the Mexican American Southwest - Hardcover

by Melina V. Vizca?o-Alem疣 (Author)

1. Chicana/o Critical Regionalism and the Case of Cleofas Jaramillo.- 2. Moving Away from the "Master" Am駻ico Paredes and Mexican American Women Writers.- 3. Autobiography and the Gender of Place: Elena Zamora O'Shea, Fray Ang駘ico Ch疱ez, and Richard Rodriguez.- 4. Ethnography and the Place of Gender: Jovita Gonz疝ez, Mario Su疵ez, and Mary Helen Ponce.- 5. Chicano Poetry, Chicana Art: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and Carlota Espinoza.- 6. Coda: On Santa Fe and Chicana Art.

Back Jacket

This book is a study of gender and place in twentieth-century Chicana/o literature and culture, covering the early period of regional writing to contemporary art. Remapping Chicana/o literary and cultural history from the critical regional perspective of the Mexican American Southwest, it uncovers the aesthetics of Chicana/o critical regionalism in the writings of Cleofas Jaramillo, Fray Ang駘ico Ch疱ez, Elena Zamora O'Shea, and Jovita Gonz疝ez. In addition to bringing renewed attention to contemporary writers like Richard Rodriguez and introducing the work of Chicana artist Carlota d.Z. EspinoZa, the study also revisits the more recognized work of Am駻ico Paredes, Mario Su疵ez, Mary Helen Ponce, and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales to reconsider the aesthetics of gender and place in Chicana/o literature and culture.

Author Biography

​Melina V. Vizca?o-Alem疣 is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of New Mexico, USA. She has published articles in Southwestern American Literature, Aztl疣: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Southern Literary Journal, and Western American Literature. Her teaching and scholarship focus on race, class, ethnicity and gender.