Religion and Mexican American Literature: A Post-9/11 Perspective

Authors

  • Joseph Morales University of California, Irvine

Keywords:

Mexican American literature, Religion, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Anaya, Rudolfo A., Anzaldúa, Gloria, Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, Espinoza, Alex, Rodriguez, Richard

Abstract

This syllabus is an attempt to introduce a post-9/11 perspective into the study of religion and Mexican American literature.  It considers how Mexican American literary texts represent religion and spirituality, and what those representations say about post-9/11 domestic and global cross-racial relations.

Author Biography

Joseph Morales, University of California, Irvine

Dr. Joseph Morales trained in theory of religion at University of Chicago and critical race and ethnic studies at University of California, Berkeley.

References

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Carrasco, Davíd. [1982] 2001. “A Perspective for a Study of Religious Dimensions in Chicano Experience: Bless Me, Ultima as a Religious Text.” In The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970- 2000, ed. Chon A. Noriega, Eric R. Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, and Rafael Pérez-Torres, 301-26. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

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Published

2016-12-16

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016): Fall

Section

Syllabi

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