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<p><P>Focusing on the often unrecognized role race plays in expressions of Chicano culture, <i>Mestizaje</i> is a provocative exploration of the volatility and mutability of racial identities. In this important moment in Chicano studies, Rafael P&#233;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.&nbsp;<br><br>Informed by a broad-ranging theoretical investigation of identity politics and race and incorporating feminist and queer critiques, P&#233;rez-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, P&#233;rez-Torres offers critical readi

Author

Pérez-Torres, Rafael

Publisher

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816645053

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science