Shakin' Up Race and Gender
Intercultural Connections in Puerto Rican, African American, and Chicano Narratives and Culture (1965-1995)
University of Texas Press · Print & ebook · January 1, 2006
The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States.
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- Who it’s for
- Sánchez traces literary and cultural ties among three communities beyond the black-white binary.
- Themes
- Intercultural contact, Race and gender, Ethnic groups in shared history
- Genres
- Hispanic American Studies, Gender Studies, Race & Ethnic Relations
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The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. In the years since then, new generations have asked new questions to cast light on this watershed era. No longer is it productive to consider only the differences between ethnic groups; we must also study them in relation to one another and to U.S. mainstream society.
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In "Shakin' Up" Race and Gender, Marta E. Sánchez creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Her frame opens up the black/white binary that dominated the 1960s and 1970s. It reveals the hidden yet real ties that connected ethnics of color and "white" ethnics in a shared intercultural history. By using key literary works published during this time, Sánchez reassesses and refutes the unflattering portrayals of ethnics by three leading intellectuals (Octavio Paz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Oscar Lewis) who wrote about Chicanos, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans. She links their implicit misogyny to the trope of La Malinche from Chicano culture and shows how specific characteristics of this trope—enslavement, alleged betrayal, and cultural negotiation—are also present in African American and Puerto Rican cultures. Sánchez employs the trope to restore the agency denied to these groups. Intercultural contact—encounters between peoples of distinct ethnic groups—is the theme of this book.
Intercultural Contact
Sánchez traces literary and cultural ties among three communities beyond the black-white binary.
Come here for
- Connections among Puerto Rican, African American, and Chicano narratives since the 1960s
- Literary works examined alongside three intellectuals’ portrayals
Expect
- An intercultural frame for studying shared histories
- The La Malinche trope across Chicano, African American, and Puerto Rican cultures
Where it sits
| Hispanic American Studies | 57% |
|---|---|
| Race & Ethnic Relations | 44% |
| Gender Studies | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black Lit Crit
- Hispanic American Lit Crit
- Authors
- Marta E. Sánchez
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Intercultural contact · Race and gender · Ethnic groups in shared history
- Reading lane
- Black Lit Crit