Title: Surviving the Borderlands: Living Sin Fronteras, Becoming a Crossroads. The Deperipheralization of the Chicano/a Cultural and Literary Space
Abstract:The chapter deals with the evolution of the center-periphery dynamics in the Chicano/a cultural and literary space of the Mexican-American borderland region. With a brief overview of the socio-histori...The chapter deals with the evolution of the center-periphery dynamics in the Chicano/a cultural and literary space of the Mexican-American borderland region. With a brief overview of the socio-historical and geopolitical context as background, the article offers insight into the gradual formation of the cultural/literary capital of the Mexican American and later Chicano/a community, with the potential for its full emergence out of its formerly peripheral position in relation to the literary centers of Spain, Mexico and United States as a central theme.Read More