Postmodernism, Historical Materialism and Chicana/o Cultural Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10488993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcial González (0000-0002-6783-8970, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-186 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-8237 • E-ISSN: 1943-2801 |
| Publisher | Guilford Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1521/siso.68.2.161.31007 |
| OpenAlex | W2083147349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
During the past two decades, critics have taken an interest in explaining the ideological ambivalence expressed in Chicana/o literature. Most critics correctly point out that Chicana/o ambivalence cannot be separated from the conflicted material realities historically experienced by Mexican Americans, but this view has not prevented some critics from tiptoeing into the idealist terrain of postmodernism. Postmodernist theory has provided Chicana/o criticism with conceptual tools for explaining the heterogeneity of culture, but its antagonism toward history and class analysis has limited the potential for Chicana/o studies to develop an effective social criticism. Two postmodernist terms used to describe ambivalence are “cultural schizophrenia” and “heterotopia.” Historical materialism—a method that makes truth-claims about social existence after a rigorous critique of the concepts and ideas that emerge from that existence—stands as a viable alternative to postmodernist theory for the interpretation of Chicana/o literature
Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Historical materialism · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Psychoanalysis · Social criticism · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |