Revelation in Aztlán : scriptures, utopias, and the Chicano movement / Jacqueline M. Hidalgo.

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Hidalgo, Jacqueline M. [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Description
xi, 313 pages ; 22 cm

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    "Bridging the fields of Religion and Latina/o Studies, this book fills a gap by examining the 'spiritual' rhetoric and practices of the Chicano movement. Bringing new theoretical life to biblical studies and Chicana/o writings from the 1960s, such as El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán and El Plan de Santa Barbara, Jacqueline M. Hidalgo boldly makes the case that peoples, for whom historical memories of displacement loom large, engage scriptures in order to make and contest homes. Movement literature drew upon and defied the scriptural legacies of Revelation, a Christian scriptural text that also carries a displaced home dream. Through the slipperiness of utopian imaginations, these texts become places of belonging for those whose belonging has otherwise been questioned. Hidalgo's elegant comparative study articulates as never before how Aztlán and the new Jerusalem's imaginative power rest in their ambiguities, their ambivalence, and the significance that people ascribe to them"--Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: scriptures, place, and no place in the Chicano movement
    • "We are Aztlán: writing scriptures, writing utopia in El plan espiritual de Aztlán
    • "The holy city which has been written in this book": the utopian scripturalization of Revelation
    • "The spirit will speak for my people": El plan de Santa Barbara and the Chicanx movement as a project of scripturalization
    • "Power and dominance, loyalty and conformity": family, gender, sexuality, and utopian scripturalization
    • "Faith and social justice are so connected in my book": scriptures, scrolls, and scribes as technologies of diaspora
    • Coda: Scriptural revelations and reconquest.
    ISBN
    • 9781137592132 ((acid-free paper))
    • 1137592133
    • 1137592141
    • 9781137592149
    LCCN
    2016945387
    OCLC
    942380893
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