Indigenous and Spanish Transculturation: Becoming Mexican American

Authors

  • Rose Anna Pentecost University of Houston MA program Literature

Keywords:

Reyna Grande, Rudolfo Anaya, Tomas Rivera

Abstract

Protagonists in Mexican American literature are often on a pilgrimage to locate the source of their uniquely Mexican and American heritage.

Author Biography

  • Rose Anna Pentecost, University of Houston MA program Literature
    I am currently an MA student in literature at the University of Houston.

References

Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless Me, Ultima. Berkley: Tonatiuh-Quinto Sol International Publishers, 1972. Print.

Black, Debra B.

Grajeda, Ralph F.

Grande, Reyna. The Distance Between Us: A Memoir. New York: Atria Books, 2012. Print.

Gruen, Erich S.

Kanoza, Theresa M.

Lamadrid, Enrique R.

Lattin, Vernon E.

Paredes, Raymund A.

Pulido, Alberto L

Rivera, Tom

Testa, Daniel.

Vallejos, Thomas.

Zamora, Lois Parkinson. The Inordinate Eye: New World Baroque and Latin American Fiction. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2006. Print.

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Published

2015-02-18

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2014): Winter 2014

Section

Critical Articles

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