This collection of essays interrogates the most contested social, political, and aesthetic concept in Chicana/o cultural studies--resistance. If Chicana/o culture was born of resistance amid assimilation and nationalistic forces, how has it evolved into the twenty-first century? This groundbreaking volume redresses the central idea of resistance in Chicana/o visual cultural expression through nine clustered discussions, each coordinating scholarly, critical, curatorial, and historical contextualizations alongside artist statements and interviews. Landmark artistic...
This collection of essays interrogates the most contested social, political, and aesthetic concept in Chicana/o cultural studies--resistance. If ...