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Globalization, Violence and Solidarity: Discursive US Central American and Chicano/a Practices in Daniel Joya, Héctor Tobar, José Antonio Burciaga and Demetria Martínez

abstract: In the midst of historical ruptures and transfiguration caused by a globalization that has restructured new realities marked by violence, Central American and Chicanos realities have come into contact in a global space such the United States. Thus, the interdependence between these two cultures is so close that the literary influences are unavoidable. We argue that there is an asymmetrical relationship in the narrative of globalization, which sets new unpublished orders and generates perceptions of reality. The ideological dimensions of globalization that have caused systemic violence can be traced through military interventions and economic ventures. Thus, the subject of our research is assumed as a literary whole within certain social facts, i.e., as a symbolic aspect of the processes of violence within a culture undermined by globalization. Hence, in using theory of violence by Slavoj Ziek and theory of globalization by Manuel Castells, Tony Shirato, Jenn Webb, James Petra, and Henry Veltmeyer, we explore the narrative and criticism of U.S-Central Americans and Chicano in order to expose the forces of systemic violence that globalization produces. Our results show that, historically, globalization has formulated epistemologies via violence for Chicanos and U.S-Central Americans; such violence marks both groups, allowing for solidarity, through discursive practices of resistance, to take place in the textual space as well as in the real world. Such solidarity disrupts the textual borders, creating a dialogue of mutual understanding. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Spanish 2011

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:14397
Date January 2011
ContributorsEscobar, Mario Angel (Author), Hernández-G, Manuel De Jesús (Advisor), Rosales, Jesús (Advisor), Menjívar, Cecilia (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageSpanish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format186 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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