Mestizaje: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture

by Rafael Pérez-Torres

Book Overview

Focusing on the often unrecognized role race plays in expressions of Chicano culture, Mestizaje is a provocative exploration of the volatility and mutability of racial identities. In this important moment in Chicano studies, Rafael P rez-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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645957
• ISBN13: 9780816645954
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"