Of Space and Mind: Cognitive Mappings of Contemporary Chicano/a Fiction

by Patrick L. Hamilton

Book Overview

Chicano/a fiction is often understood as a literature of resistance to the dominant U.S. Anglo culture and society. But reducing this rich literary production to a single, binary opposition distorts it in fundamental ways. It conflates literature with life, potentially substituting a literature of protest for social activism that could provoke real changes in society. And it overlooks the complex range of responses to Anglo society that actually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292743971
• ISBN13: 9780292743977
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"