Telling Identities
Author | : Rosaura Sánchez |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816625581 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816625581 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book Telling Identities written by Rosaura Sánchez and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sánchez offers the first historical and literary analysis of thirty 1870s testimonios from the original Spanish-speaking settlers of Alta California. Telling Identities scrutinizes the role of gender, class, race, language, and ethnicity in group identity formation as it looks into history to help articulate the cultural politics of contemporary Chicano and Latino culture in the United States.