En un intento por recuperar y reconstruir una historia literaria, los estudiosos de la literatura chicana han examinado con interés obras poco conocidas escritas en los siglos diecinueve y veinte...

The Spanish Conquest of Aztec Mexico (1519-21) forever transformed greater North America, Europe, and regions beyond. In spite of this significance, there is only one extant motion picture that...

This article examines the ways in which Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiago use their memoirs to explore issues of identity, race, and gender as essential components of a transnational...

Patricia Cardoso’s Real Women Have Curves (2002) opened to widespread critical acclaim and moderate commercial success, garnering two awards at the Sundance film festival for its starring...

In an attempt to integrate scholarly outlooks around what has been called “ethnic testimony”, this article posits the view that autobiography and literary fiction are so intrinsically connected...

This article explores the enigma or the question of inspiration. In Historia de la nueva México, 1610, Gaspar de Villagrá includes an episode that features an encounter with Mómpil an...