Border matters : remapping American cultural studies /
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| Author / Creator: | Saldívar, José David. |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xvi, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American crossroads ; 1 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2797752 |
| Summary: | Border Matters locates the study of Chicano culture in a broad social context. Jos#65533; Sald#65533;var examines issues of representation and expression in a diverse, exciting assortment of texts-- corridos , novels, poems, short stories, punk and hip-hop music, ethnography, paintings, performance, art, and essays. Sald#65533;var provides a sophisticated model for a new kind of U.S. cultural studies, one that challenges the homogeneity of U.S. nationalism and popular culture by foregrounding the contemporary experiences and historical circumstances facing Chicanos and Chicanas.<br> <br> This intellectually adventurous, politically engaged study applies borderlands and diaspora theory to Chicano cultural practices in a way that permanently changes our understanding of both the Chicano experience and the meaning of cultural theory. Defying national (and nationalistic) paradigms of culture, Sald#65533;var argues that the culture of the borderlands is trans-national, constituting a social space in which new relations, hybrid cultures, and multi-voiced aesthetics are negotiated.<br> <br> Sald#65533;var's critical readings treat culture as a social force and reveal the presence of social contexts within cultural texts. Border Matters maps out a new terrain for the study of culture, reshaping the way we understand migration, national identity, and intellectual inquiry itself. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520206819 0520206827 |