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Of space and mind

Hamilton, Patrick Lawrence.

Of space and mind cognitive mappings of contemporary Chicano/a fiction / [electronic resource] : Patrick L. Hamilton. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (x, 214 p. ) - Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series . - Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Based on author's doctoral thesis (University of Colorado, 2006): Reading space.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.

Mapping resistancein Rudolfo Anya's Bless me, ultima and Rolando Hinojosa's "Sometimes it just happens that way; that's all" -- Mapping persistence in John Rechy's The miraculous day of Amalia Gomez and Helena Maria Viramontes's "The cariboo cafe" -- Cosmopolitan communities in Alfredo Vea's La Maravilla and Ana Castillo's So far from God -- Changing minds in Ana Castillo's Sapogonia and Arturo Islas's La Mollie and the King of tears -- The transformative spaces of Alfredo Vea's The silver cloud cafe and Gods go begging.

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Mexican Americans in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.


Electronic books.

PS153.M4 / H36 2011

813/.60986872