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Mestizaje: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mestizaje: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rafael Perez-Torres
SeriesCritical American Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:312
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 149
ISBN/Barcode 9780816645954
ClassificationsDewey:305.86872073
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 21 April 2006
Publication Country United States

Description

Focusing on the often unrecognized role race plays in expressions of Chicano culture, Mestizaje is a provocative exploration of the volatility and mutability of racial identities. In this important moment in Chicano studies, Rafael Perez-Torres reveals how the concepts and realities of race, historical memory, the body, and community have both constrained and opened possibilities for forging new and potentially liberating multiracial identities.

Author Biography

Rafael Perez-Torres is professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins, coauthor of To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East LA Outlaw, and coeditor of The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlan, 1970-2000.