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Ends of Assimilation - The Formation of Chicano Literature (Hardcover)
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Ends of Assimilation - The Formation of Chicano Literature (Hardcover)
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Ends of Assimilation compares sociological and Chicano/a (Mexican
American) literary representations of assimilation. It argues that
while Chicano/a literary works engage assimilation in complex,
often contradictory ways, they manifest an underlying conviction in
literature's productive power. At the same time, Chicano/a
literature demonstrates assimilation sociology's inattention to its
status as a representational discourse. As twentieth-century
sociologists employ the term, assimilation reinscribes as fact the
fiction of a unitary national culture, ignores the interlinking of
race and gender in cultural formation, and valorizes upward
economic mobility as a politically neutral index of success. The
study unfolds chronologically, describing how the historical
formation of Chicano/a literature confronts the specter of
assimilation discourse. It tracks how the figurative, rhetorical,
and lyrical power of Chicano/a literary works compels us to compare
literary discourse with the self-authorizing empiricism of
assimilation sociology. It also challenges presumptions of
authenticity on the part of Chicano/a cultural nationalist works,
arguing that Chicano/a literature must reckon with cultural
dynamism and develop models of relational authenticity to counter
essentialist discourses. The book advances these arguments through
sustained close readings of canonical and noncanonical figures and
gives an account of various moments in the history and
institutional development of Chicano/a literature, such as the rise
and fall of Quinto Sol Publications, asserting that Chicano/a
writers, editors, and publishers have self-consciously sought to
acquire and redistribute literary cultural capital.
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