Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index.
Contents
Beyond reification: the cultural logic of Chicano novels -- An aesthetic solution to objective problems: liberalism in Ruiz de Burton's The squatter and the don -- Cultural nationalism and the formal logic of a style: Acosta's The revolt of the cockroach people -- The dereification of cultural authenticity: Santiago's Famous all over town -- Reified identities and the fetishism of narrative form: Pineda's Face and Frieze.
