Chicana/o subjectivity and the politics of identity Between recognition and revolution /
This book traces the influence of Hegel's theory of recognition on different literary representations of Chicano/a subjectivity, with the aim of demonstrating how the identity thinking characteristic of Hegel's theory is unwillingly reinforced even in subjects that are represented as rebel...
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Language: | English |
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This book traces the influence of Hegel's theory of recognition on different literary representations of Chicano/a subjectivity, with the aim of demonstrating how the identity thinking characteristic of Hegel's theory is unwillingly reinforced even in subjects that are represented as rebelling against liberal-humanist ideologies. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230111356, 2011. |
Carrier Form: | 260 p. |
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9780230111356 9780230370333 : 0230370330 : |
CLC: | K712.8 |
Contents: | Introduction: Between Revolution and Recognition PART I: FROM EPIC NATIONALISM TO BORDERLAND IDENTITIES: DEFINING SUBJECTIVITY IN CHICANO/A POETICS Epic Aspirations: I Am Joaquin and the Creation of Chicano Subjectivity The Multicultural Turn: New Mestiza Subjectivity in Late Capitalist Society PART II: RE-COGNIZING REVOLUTIONARY SUBJECTIVITY: THE STRUCTURALIST TURN IN CHICANO/A LITERATURE The Structuralist (Re)Turn: Embodied Agency in Chicano/a Poetics Topographies of Resistance: Cognitive Mapping and Revolutionary Action in Rivera and Viramontes PART III: NON-IDENTITY AND THE TRUTH OF THE REAL: NARRATIVES OF LIFE EXPERIENCE IN ACOSTA AND PINEDA Universalism and the Identity Politics of American Democracy: Oscar 'Zeta' Acosta and the Dialectics of (Mis)Recognition Universality at the Margins: Cecile Pineda's Face and the Horrific Truth of Non-Identity Conclusion-'Beckett is a Chicano!': Antihumanist Universality in Chicano/a Literary Studies. |