Chicano and Indigenous Poetry
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Chicano and indigenous poetry: bilingualism, hybridism and the quest for identity Helena Valdivia
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Two cultural spheres that have been through processes of transculturality and biculturality: poetry from people who define themselves as "chicanos" and contemporary indigenous poetry from native speakers of nahuatl, zapoteco and quiche from Mexico and Guatemala.
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Chicano and indigenous poetry: bilingualism, transculturality and the quest for identity
Chicano and indigenous poetry: bilingualism, hybridism and the quest for identity
Helena Valdivia Languages in Mexico
Indigenous communities in Mexico
-Ancient territorializaton-(Sometimes) (short) displacement-External government (not autonomous)-Language imposition -> semi-bilingualism -(Sometimes) tourism: interculturality-(Sometimes) contact with other ethnic groups
Indigenous people in the city
-Migration-Poverty-Unemployment-Exclusion-Discrimination-Bilingualism-(Sometimes) willingness to reject their ethnic origin and language.Latin American immigrants in U.S.A.
Latin American immigrants in U.S.A.
17.5% of U.S. population has Hispanic originLatin American immigrants in U.S.A.First generation
Second generation ChicanosFirst used to refer to Mexicans that lived in the territories that were annexed to the U.S. (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado).Now: children of Mexican parents, born in U.S. Speak English but constantly use Mexican words: vato, cabrones caerChicanos in Mexico = pochos
Mexican border
- Continuous contact with U.S. citizens/culture- Flood of migrants (Half) bilingualismFarther from other Mexican cities than from U.S. cities
-Wachar
