Abstract:
Chicano Novels and the Politics of Form draws on the Marxist theory of reification to undertake a theoretical study of the class-based construction of racial identity in the novels of four writers: María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Oscar Zeta Acosta, Danny Santiago, and Cecile Pineda. The book pays particular attention to the relationship between history and literary form.
Publication date:
December 12, 2008
Publication type:
Monograph