{"product_id":"mestizaje-critical-uses-of-race-in-chicano-culture-paperback","title":"Mestizaje: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRafael Perez-Torres\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the often unrecognized role race plays in expressions of Chicano culture, \u003ci\u003eMestizaje\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative exploration of the volatility and mutability of racial identities. In this important moment in Chicano studies, Rafael Pérez-Torres reveals how the concepts and realities of race, historical memory, the body, and community have both constrained and opened possibilities for forging new and potentially liberating multiracial identities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Informed by a broad-ranging theoretical investigation of identity politics and race and incorporating feminist and queer critiques, Pérez-Torres skillfully analyzes Chicano cultural production. Contextualizing the history of mestizaje, he shows how the concept of mixed race has been used to engage issues of hybridity and voice and examines the dynamics that make mestizo and mestiza identities resistant to, as well as affirmative of, dominant forms of power. He also addresses the role that mestizaje has played in expressive culture, including the hip-hop music of Cypress Hill and the vibrancy of Chicano poster art. Turning to issues of mestizaje in literary creation, Pérez-Torres offers critical readings of the works of Emma Pérez, Gil Cuadros, and Sandra Cisneros, among others. This book concludes with a consideration of the role that the mestizo body plays as a site of elusive or displaced knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving beyond the oppositions-nationalism versus assimilation, men versus women, Texans versus Californians-that have characterized much of Chicano studies, \u003ci\u003eMestizaje\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes and assesses twenty-five years of pathbreaking thinking to make a case for the core components, sensibilities, and concerns of the discipline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rafael Pérez-Torres is professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of \u003ci\u003eMovements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTo Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East LA Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2000.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.02 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52765080453427,"sku":"9780816645954","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TXQ2eERvVUV3bHBNQy9KazJ3RnppZz09.webp?v=1764612183","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mestizaje-critical-uses-of-race-in-chicano-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}