Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture

<p>In recent decades Chicana/o literary and cultural productions have dramatically shifted from a nationalist movement that emphasized unity to one that openly celebrates diverse experiences. Charting this transformation <i>Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture</i> looks to the late 1970s during a resurgence of global culture as a crucial turning point whose reverberations in twenty-first-century late capitalism have been profound.</p> <p>Arguing for a postnationalism that documents the radical politics and aesthetic processes of the past while embracing contemporary cultural and sociopolitical expressions among Chicana/o peoples Hernández links the multiple forces at play in these interactions. Reconfiguring text-based analysis she looks at the comparative development of movements within women's rights and LGBTQI activist circles. Incorporating economic influences this unique trajectory leads to a new conception of border studies as well rethinking the effects of a restructured masculinity as a symbol of national cultural transformation. Ultimately positing that globalization has enhanced the emergence of new Chicana/o identities Hernández cultivates important new understandings of borderlands identities and postnationalism itself.</p>