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ChicanoCitizens or residents of the USA who are of Mexican descent. The term was originally used for those who became US citizens after the Mexican War. The word probably derives from the Spanish word Mexicanos. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Metro State's Beyond Chicanismo project originated in 2000 out of intellectual and political ferment within Chicano/a Studies. Filled to the brim with great pleasures and sufferings, harmonies and contradictions, his breathtaking poetry, fervent memoir, sharp-sighted short stories, social dramas, and other creative work ate a testimony to this and form an important corner stone to Chicano/a and American letters today. In other words, teaching Latino/a literature in New Mexico might necessitate privileging Chicano/a texts, while teaching Latino/a literature in New York City might necessitate privileging Puerto Rican and Dominican texts. |
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