Placing loss in Chicano/a narrative

Perez-Torres discusses the portrayal of melancholy in Chicano literature. The Chicano cultural imaginary seems a site where the interaction between absence and presence elemental to the dynamic of melancholy is ever at play. The unnamable and the representable create an unending tension, which can b...

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Published inLiterature and psychology Vol. 49; no. 1/2; p. 110
Main Author Perez-Torres, Rafael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Providence Richard Feldstein 01.01.2003
Subjects
Bartra, Roger
Kristeva, Julia (1941- )
Limon, Jose
Literature
Mental depression
Paz, Octavio (1914-1998)
Psychology
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Summary:Perez-Torres discusses the portrayal of melancholy in Chicano literature. The Chicano cultural imaginary seems a site where the interaction between absence and presence elemental to the dynamic of melancholy is ever at play. The unnamable and the representable create an unending tension, which can be traced to the seeming paradox inherent in the production of meaning in the Chicano culture.
ISSN:0024-4759