International Perspectives On Chicana/o Studies: This World Is My Place (routledge Research In Cultural And Media Studies)

This Volume Examines How The Field Of Chicana/o Studies Has Developed To Become An Area Of Interest To Scholars Far Beyond The United States And Spain. For This Reason, The Volume Includes Contributions By A Range Of International Scholars And Takes The Concept Of Place As A Unifying Paradigm. As A Way Of Overcoming Borders That Are Both Physical And Metaphorical, It Seeks To Reflect The Diversity And Range Of Current Scholarship In Chicana/o Studies While Simultaneously Highlighting The Diverse And Constantly Evolving Nature Of Chicana/o Identities And Cultures. Various Critical And Theoretical Approaches Are Evident, From Eco-criticism And Autoethnography In The First Section, To The Role Of Fiction And Visual Art In Exposing Injustice In Section Two, To The Discussion Of Transnational And Transcultural Exchange With Reference To Issues As Diverse As The Teaching Of Chicana/o Studies In Russia And The Relevance Of Anzaldúa's Writings To Post 9/11 U.s. Society-- From Chapbooks To Chica Lit : U.s. Latina Writers And The New Literary Identity / Ellen Mccracken -- Healing Family History/(her) Story : Writing And Gardening In Pat Mora's House Of Houses / Imelda Martin-junquera -- Transculturation, Memory And History : Mary Helen Ponce's Hoyt Street : An Autobiography / Mario T. Garcia -- My Super Sweet Fifteen : The Internationalisation Of Quinceañeras In Literature And Film / Niamh Thornton -- American Studies In Russia : Learning Chicana/o Literature In Chita (siberia) / Tatiana Voronchenko -- Moving Subjects : The Politics Of Death In Narratives Of The Juárez Murders / Nuala Finnegan -- Origins And Evolution Of Homies As Hip Rasquache Cultural Artifacts : Taking The Homies Out Of The Barrio Or The Barri Out Of The Homies / Francisco A. Lomeli -- The Construction Of Justice In Chicana/o Art : From Recognition To Distribution And Counter-hegemony / Cristina Elgue-martini -- Barbed Wire Iconography And Aesthetic Activism : The Borderlands, Mexican Immigration, And Chicana/o Art / Maria Herrera-sobek -- Virgen Transatlantic : Religious Iconography In Irish And Chicana/o Art / Catherine Leen. Edited By Catherine Leen And Niamh Thornton. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 195-199). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.