Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848–1948
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848–1948
Do you wish to request the book?
The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848–1948
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
eBook
The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature, 1848–1948
2022
Overview
In The Places of Modernity in Early Mexican American
Literature, 1848-1948 , José F. Aranda Jr. describes the first
one hundred years of Mexican American literature. He argues for the
importance of interrogating the concept of modernity in light of
what has emerged as a canon of earlier pre-1968 Mexican American
literature. In order to understand modernity for diverse
communities of Mexican Americans, he contends, one must see it as
an apprehension, both symbolic and material, of one settler
colonial world order giving way to another more powerful
colonialist but imperial vision of North America. Letters,
folklore, print culture, and literary production demonstrate how a
new Anglo-American political imaginary revised and realigned
centuries-old discourses on race, gender, class, religion,
citizenship, power, and sovereignty. The \"modern,\" Aranda argues,
makes itself visible in cultural productions being foisted on a
\"conquered people,\" who were themselves beneficiaries of a notion
of the modern that began in 1492. For Mexican Americans, modernity
is less about any particular angst over global imperial designs or
cultures of capitalism and more about becoming the subordinates of
a nation-building project that ushers the United States into the
twentieth century.
Publisher
Nebraska,University of Nebraska Press
Subject
/ American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
/ American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
/ American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism
/ LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino bisacsh
ISBN
9781496224132, 1496224132, 9781496229106, 149622910X
