Southwest Asia - (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States) by Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue (Paperback)
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- Chicana/o literature is justly acclaimed for the ways it voices opposition to the dominant Anglo culture, speaking for communities ignored by mainstream American media.
- 196 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
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About the Book
Southwest Asia investigates why key Chicana/o writers, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Raising concerns about how these texts invariably marginalize their Asian characters and suggesting that darker legacies of imperialism and exclusion might lurk beneath their utopian visions of a Chicana/o nation, Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue takes our conception of Chicana/o literature as a transnational movement in a new direction.Book Synopsis
Chicana/o literature is justly acclaimed for the ways it voices opposition to the dominant Anglo culture, speaking for communities ignored by mainstream American media. Yet the world depicted in these texts is not solely inhabited by Anglos and Chicanos; as this groundbreaking new book shows, Asian characters are cast in peripheral but nonetheless pivotal roles. Southwest Asia investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Américo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Méndez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue takes our conception of Chicana/o literature as a transnational movement in a new direction, showing that it is not only interested in North-South migrations within the Americas, but is also deeply engaged with East-West interactions across the Pacific. He also raises serious concerns about how these texts invariably marginalize their Asian characters, suggesting that darker legacies of imperialism and exclusion might lurk beneath their utopian visions of a Chicana/o nation. Southwest Asia provides a fresh take on the Chicana/o literary canon, analyzing how these writers have depicted everything from interracial romances to the wars Americans fought in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. As it examines novels, plays, poems, and short stories, the book makes a compelling case that Chicana/o writers have long been at the forefront of theorizing U.S.-Asian relations.Review Quotes
"Southwest Asia shows how the racial logics and formal features of Chicana/o and Asian American literary cultures intersect in crucial ways, making their representations almost mutually constitutive. At one single stroke, it brilliantly raises the transnational significance of both."--Ramón Saldívar "Stanford University"
"Sae-Saue highlights fascinating cross-racial imaginations that legitimize a broader definition of the Atzlán diaspora ... Recommended."-- "Choice"
"Southwest Asia convincingly demonstrates how crucial a transpacific imaginary, one that continually relies on figures, characters, and geographies derived from the presence of Asia in the Americas, has been to the vitality of Chicana/o cultural politics" "Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue's Southwest Asia: The Transpacific Geographies of Chicana/o Literature contributes in a new and fascinating way to this growing body of work"--Crystal Parikh "NUP - Western American Literature"
"This impressive and innovative book articulates a critical perspective on Chicana/o studies that is not only sorely needed, but that also points to the interethnic and transnational origins of the field as a productive trajectory forward."--Maria Herrera Sobek "associate vice chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara"
About the Author
JAYSON GONZALES SAE-SAUE is an assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .42 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 16 Years
Number of Pages: 196
Series Title: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Theme: Regional
Format: Paperback
Author: Jayson Gonzales Sae-Saue
Language: English
Street Date: June 17, 2016
TCIN: 91952103
UPC: 9780813577166
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-7832
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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