Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives

By Rosaura Sánchez

This is the first book to formulate a theoretical framework to explain the relation between verbal interaction and societal factors. Topics include: the Chicano population as a lingual and national... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558851178
• ISBN13: 9781558851177
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent contrast to Chicana/o fiction about Spanglish!

Chicano Discourse is an excellent work that explains and defines Chicano discourse through a ground-breaking socio-historical perspective. This work complements Chicana/o works of fiction in that it clearly illustrates how Chicano discourse is particular to time and space. In other words, Sanchez tells us why Chicano discourse is different throughout the Southwest and elswhere in the U.S. Challenging academia and in conversation with Gloria Anzaldua and Jose Antonio Burciaga,among others,Sanchez's brilliant perspective allows us to see why Spanglish is a unique dialect which is reflective of the lived experience(s) of Chicana/os in the U.S