Open AccessContemporary Challenges in Chicanx/Latinx Literature & Culture
Author(s) -
Francisco A. Lomelí,
Sophia Emmanouilidou,
Juan Ignacio Oliva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista canaria de estudios ingleses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2530-8335
pISSN - 0211-5913
DOI - 10.25145/j.recaesin.2020.81.02
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , ideology , tribute , poetry , aesthetics , sociology , gaze , literature , epistemology , art , philosophy , visual arts , art history , psychology , law , political science , psychoanalysis , politics
This introductory paper traces a general perspective of the nowadays Chicanx/Latinx stateof the question, including articles, notes, creative poems and drawings, and a tribute inmemoriam Rudolfo A. Anaya (1937-2020). Challenging canons, norms and genres seemsto be particularly appropriate when tackling ideology from the polychromatic gaze oftranscultural minorities in the US. As such, Chicanx/Latinx literary and artistic expressionsact as catalysts of renovation and change, not only in terms of content but also playing withforms in a freer, experimental way. Transgressing what is considered “normal” seems to bethe only way to cope with fringes and frames, and thus a contemporary redefinition of theworld is reached to highlight the “real” truth of artistic normativity.