Identity is an optical illusion : film and the construction of Chicano identity
This thesis examines constructions of Chicano (or Mexican American) identity in literature and film. I explore how writers and filmmakers negotiate the dominance of Hollywood models over the culture. In Chapter One, I argue that literature gives way to film in articulations of Chicano identity; Gonz...
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University of Birmingham
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251878 |