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historical determinism

1. A belief that historical processes have a certain inevitability, based on some fundamental factor. Its application ranges from a pessimistic fatalism which denies human ...

Spanish Language in Chicana/o Literature

Spanish Language in Chicana/o Literature   Reference library

Jesús Rosales

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature

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2020

...critics consider him to be a precursor of Chicana/o movement literature, as his writing possesses many of the characteristics associated with the movement, including an emphasis on cultural nationalism (where indigenous and mestizo pride are stressed), social protest, and self-determinism. Américo Paredes, also from south Texas, is considered one of the most important and fundamental folklorists of Mexican American studies. His work on the Southwest corrido is of utmost importance. As far as his creative writing contribution is concerned, his narratives and poetry...

The History of Latin American Print Culture: 18th and Early 19th Centuries (Censorship and Public Sphere Before and After Independence War)

The History of Latin American Print Culture: 18th and Early 19th Centuries (Censorship and Public Sphere Before and After Independence War)   Reference library

Dalia Valdez Garza

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature

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2020

...toward ideas about technological determinism. Secondly, it is important to highlight the advantages and challenges of digitalization of antique materials (such as those from the 18th and 19th centuries ) that facilitate researchers’ access to a digital reading and benefit those who deal with textuality. But for those who study the book as an object, it will be nearly impossible to consider digitalization as a viable source, since it is the physical book that provides the object of investigation with primary and historical evidence. Although accessing...

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