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The advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment
in the history of Latinos in the United States. The "fourth wave"
of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades
of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number
of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing
to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born
Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration,
which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the
growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is
therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and
humanities. The contributors to Immigration and the Border address
immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S.
side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays
into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the
stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants;
chapters in the subsequent sections highlight specific political
and policy themes: civic engagement, public policies, political
reactions against immigrants, and immigrant leadership. Because the
immigration experience encompasses many facets of political life
and public policy, the varied perspectives of the contributors
offer a mosaic that contextualizes the impact of and contributions
by contemporary Latino immigrants. Their research will appeal not
only to scholars but to policymakers and the public and will inform
contentious debates about migration and migrants.
Several biographies of Americo Paredes have been published over the
last decade, yet they generally overlook the paradoxical nature of
his life's work. Embarking on an in-depth, critical exploration of
the significant body of work produced by Paredes, Jose E. Limon
(one of Paredes's students and now himself one of the world's
leading scholars in Mexican American studies) puts the spotlight on
Paredes as a scholar/citizen who bridged multiple arenas of Mexican
American cultural life during a time of intense social change and
cultural renaissance. Serving as a counterpoint to hagiographic
commentaries, Americo Paredes challenges and corrects prevailing
readings by contemporary critics of Paredes's Asian period and of
such works as the novel George Washington Gomez, illuminating new
facets in Paredes's role as a folklorist and public intellectual.
Limon also explores how the field of cultural studies has drifted
away from folklore, or "the poetics of everyday life," while he
examines the traits of Mexican American expressive culture. He also
investigates the scholarly paradigm of ethnography itself, a
stimulating inquiry that enhances readings of Paredes's best-known
study, "With His Pistol in His Hand," and other works. Underscoring
Paredes's place in folklore and Mexican American literary
production, the book questions the shifting reception of Paredes
throughout his academic career, ultimately providing a deep
hermeneutics of widely varied work. Offering new conceptions,
interpretations, and perspectives, Americo Paredes gives this
pivotal literary figure and his legacy the critical analysis they
deserve.
"Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems" combines literary theory with the
personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his
experiences as a student in Texas, Jose Limon examines the
politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases
his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but
takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limon shows how Chicano
poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican "corrido,"
or master ballad, which was a vital part of artistic and political
life along the Mexican-U.S. border from 1890 to 1930.
Limon's use of Bloom, as well as of Marxist critics Raymond
Williams and Fredric Jameson, brings Chicano literature into the
arena of contemporary literary theory. By focusing on an important
but little-studied poetic tradition, his book challenges our ideas
of the American canon and extends the reach of Hispanists and
folklorists as well.
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