Are Pachucos Subalterns?: Crime, Liminality, and the Uncanny in Early Chicano Literature
This article studies the novels of Daniel Venegas, Jovita González, and Américo Paredes that they wrote between 1928-1938. Indigeneity, marriage, liminality, and volition are major themes in the works of each author, all of which analyze the state of Chicanos in the Southwest during the first decade...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d482c53f790c486aa3411350c1b58637 2023-11-12T04:17:10+01:00 Are Pachucos Subalterns?: Crime, Liminality, and the Uncanny in Early Chicano Literature Paco Martín del Campo 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26824/lalr.26 https://doaj.org/article/d482c53f790c486aa3411350c1b58637 EN ES PT eng spa por Latin American Research Commons https://account.lalrp.net/index.php/lasa-j-lalr/article/view/26 https://doaj.org/toc/2330-135X doi:10.26824/lalr.26 2330-135X https://doaj.org/article/d482c53f790c486aa3411350c1b58637 Latin American Literary Review, Vol 44, Iss 88 (2017) Indigeneity la chicanada crime and punishment liminality settler-colonialism Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 Language and Literature P article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26824/lalr.26 2023-10-22T00:37:05Z This article studies the novels of Daniel Venegas, Jovita González, and Américo Paredes that they wrote between 1928-1938. Indigeneity, marriage, liminality, and volition are major themes in the works of each author, all of which analyze the state of Chicanos in the Southwest during the first decades after the Mexican Revolution. While their plots and characters differ, they are all rooted in the conflict between First Nations and colonial settlers and had to grapple with the existence of pachucos. Because it was necessary for pachucos and pachucas to mediate between their Mexican-born relatives and Euro-Americans, they best represented the state of Mexican America during that era. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Latin American Literary Review 44 88 2 9 |
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This article studies the novels of Daniel Venegas, Jovita González, and Américo Paredes that they wrote between 1928-1938. Indigeneity, marriage, liminality, and volition are major themes in the works of each author, all of which analyze the state of Chicanos in the Southwest during the first decades after the Mexican Revolution. While their plots and characters differ, they are all rooted in the conflict between First Nations and colonial settlers and had to grapple with the existence of pachucos. Because it was necessary for pachucos and pachucas to mediate between their Mexican-born relatives and Euro-Americans, they best represented the state of Mexican America during that era. |
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