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El compromiso social y el futuro de Aztlán: El mestizaje en La raza Cósmica (1925) de José Vasconcelos y la novela Crisol (1984) de Justo S. Alarcón

abstract: Addressing the pending problem of understanding and interpreting the baroque discourse and multiple symbols in the third part, Realización, of the trilogy Crisol (1984) by Justo S. Alarcón, this study compares the vision of mestizaje, or miscegenation, in the said trilogy part and La Raza Cósmica (1925) by José Vasconcelos. To do this, we examine existing research on the two authors and we particularized the conception of mestizo, taking into account its expression in Mexico and the United States (U.S.). To analyze the text by Alarcón, our critical framework is based on fables and their didactic function as represented by the parables in the Bible and their moral functions as personified in the fables by Aesop and other writers. Although both authors predict the birth of a new race, we found that Vasconcelos, in a Utopian way, claims it would rise in Mexico. This new race, according to Vasconcelos, will be the product of hybridization between four races: white, yellow, red or Native American, and black. Justo S. Alarcón, on the other hand, suggests in Realización that such hybridization will take place in the United States, specifically the Southwest. Using analogies, allegories, and parables, the narrator presents several Aesopian characters that engage in massive and repeated migrations that ultimately produce a new crisol or melting pot. Such new hybridization takes place in the U.S. This study draws attention to the origin of the Chicano and the issue of identity. Future work could focus on both issues / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Spanish 2012

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:16057
Date January 2012
ContributorsDuran, David (Author), Hernández-G, Manuel (Advisor), Rosales, Jesús (Committee member), Alarcón, Justo S. (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageSpanish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format147 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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