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T1 La forja de la identidad nacional : la familia chicana en la literatura de José Antonio Villarreal y Luis Valdez
A1 Velasco, Juan
AB This article presents the Chicano family as a symbolic space where Chicano culturaland linguistic issues are confronted, allowing for the revision of the roots of traditional cultureand offering new altematives. The article focuses on two of the early Chicano writers, JoseAntonio Villarreal and his novel Pocho (1959) and Luis Valdez with his play The ShrunkenHead of Pancho Villa (1964). The former narrates the dilemma of choosing tradition, asrepresented by the Mexican rancher family model, and modernity, as represented by Americanindividualism. The latter dramatizes the family as a political and cultural unit which can bridgethe private and public spheres in terms of the creation of a Chicano identity. Both works unitethe temporal and ideological space of the Mexican Revolution to the Chicano Movement.Although with different results, the images and symbols taken from the private family domainare used in these works as a platform to create a culture of resistance to the History andexperience ofthe Chicano community and for the shaping of a cultural identity.
PB Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones
YR 2001
FD 2001
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/10643
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/10643
LA spa
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024