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Author:

Rosales, Jes©ðs, 1955- author.

Title:

Thinking en espa©łol : interviews with critics of Chicana/o literature / Jes©ðs Rosales ; foreword by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith.

Publisher:

The University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

American literature--Theory, etc.--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Critics--United States--Interviews.
Criticism--United States--History--19th century.
Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic American.

Other Authors:

Hinojosa, Rolando author of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Thinking en espa©łol 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, who, through his conversations with leaders such as Luis Leal, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Tey Diana Rebolledo, and Juan Rodriguez, 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 espa©łol 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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0816531188
9780816531189

OCLC:

(OCoLC)876351061

LCCN:

2014007751

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)