Epistemic violence and chicana literary production: writting from the corners

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  • Noé Carrillo Márquez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/aitias4.8-89

Keywords:

Literatura chicana, violencia epistémica, spanglish, crítica chicana, autor chicano

Abstract

Writing literature is not a neutral and democratic action to which everyone has access, knowledge and the material conditions to do so. Nor are texts distributed democratically, as they are embedded in logics of power that are related to linguistic, literary, theoretical and editorial hierarchies. This paper outlines the adverse circumstances that the Chicano community faces in gaining a voice in the literary world in both Mexico and the United States: the assumption of Spanglish as inferior, their texts as lacking in aesthetic quality, and the Eurocentrism of criticism of Chicano literature. To exemplify this, the cases of Gloria Anzaldúa being rejected by a PhD program and of Harold Bloom disparaging The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros will be analyzed.

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Published

2024-07-17

How to Cite

Carrillo Márquez, N. (2024). Epistemic violence and chicana literary production: writting from the corners: . Aitias, Revista De Filosofía Del CEH, 4(8), 3–27. https://doi.org/10.29105/aitias4.8-89

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