Synopses & Reviews
This anthology brings together twelve essays by scholars, writers, and artists reflecting on the role of the "I" in Chicano and Latino culture and the diverse ways in which personal voice and experience inform their research.
"Brings together Chicano/a, as well as Puerto Rican and Cuban American, writers and artists who demonstrate a common interest in exploring the intersections of personal and social history. . . . It is in many ways an ideal pedagogical tool to introduce students to the complicated nature of 'Chicano/a identity.'" -Biography
"Combining scholarship, testimonio, and chisme, the essays throw open a panoramic view onto mystic and fascinating landscapes of memory and imagination that will help readers envision the collective Latino self." -John Phillip Santos, author of Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
Synopsis
Cultural Studies. Chicano Studies. In this important new anthology, editors Chon A. Noriega and Wendy Belcher bring together twelve essays by scholars, writers, and artists reflecting on the role of the "I" in Chicano and Latino culture and the diverse ways in which personal voice and experience inform their research. The contributors to I AM AZTLAN include Max Benavidez, Harry Gamboa Jr., tatiana de la tierra, Alma Lopez and more. "[I AM AZTLAN] beings a deeper focus to the Quixotesque quests for identity that Chicano writers have been undertaking for generations now. Combining scholarship, testimonio, and chisme, the essays throw open a panoramic view onto mystic and fascinating landscapes of memory and imagination that will help readers envision the collective Latino self"--John Phillip Santos.
Synopsis
Most articles previously published in Aztlan: a journal of Chicano studies, between 1997 and 2003.