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In the midst of historical ruptures and transfiguration caused by a globalization that has restructured new realities marked by violence, Central American and Chicanos realities have come into contact in a global space such the United States. Thus, the interdependence between these two cultures is so close that the literary influences are unavoidable. We argue that there is an asymmetrical relationship in the narrative of globalization, which sets new unpublished orders and generates perceptions of reality. The ideological dimensions of globalization that have caused systemic violence can be traced through military interventions and economic ventures. Thus, the subject of our research is assumed as a literary whole within certain social facts, i.e., as a symbolic aspect of the processes of violence within a culture undermined by globalization. Hence, in using theory of violence by Slavoj Ziek and theory of globalization by Manuel Castells, Tony Shirato, Jenn Webb, James Petra, and Henry Veltmeyer, we explore the narrative and criticism of U.S-Central Americans and Chicano in order to expose the forces of systemic violence that globalization produces. Our results show that, historically, globalization has formulated epistemologies via violence for Chicanos and U.S-Central Americans; such violence marks both groups, allowing for solidarity, through discursive practices of resistance, to take place in the textual space as well as in the real world. Such solidarity disrupts the textual borders, creating a dialogue of mutual understanding.
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Title
- Globalización, violencia y solidaridad: prácticas discursivas encuentroamericanas y chicanas en Daniel Joya, Héctor Tobar, José Antonio Burciaga y Demetria Martínez
- Globalization, violence and solidarity
Contributors
- Escobar, Mario A (Author)
- Hernández-G, Manuel De Jesús (Thesis advisor)
- Rosales, Jesus (Thesis advisor)
- Menjivar, Cecilia (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
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2011
Subjects
- Latin American literature
- Central American and Chicano
- Chicano Literature
- Eucentroamericano
- Salvadoran Chicano
- Salvadoran literature
- US Central American
- Globalization in literature
- Violence in literature
- American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
- Mexican American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.
- Mexican American literature (Spanish)
- Central American literature--History and criticism.
- Central American literature
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2011
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 168-177)
- languageSpanish and English
- Field of study: Spanish
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by Mario A. Escobar