Contents

• 1.Toward an identification of Chicano literature:The problem of identifying Chicano literature /Luis Leal
• Mexican-American literature: toward an identification / Rolando Hinojosa
• Chicano literature: fiesta of the living /Tomas Rivera
• Chicano literature: an American literature in transition /Rolando Hinojosa
• |g2. Origins, background, and development:Literatura Chicano: background and present status of a bicultural expression /Rolando Hinojosa
• Contemporary Chicano prose fiction: its ties to Mexican literature /Charles M. Tatum
• El desarrollo del cuento chicano: del folklore al tenebroso mundo del yo /Juan Rodriguez
• La poesia chicana: una nueva trayectoria /Salvador Rodriguez del Pino
• From the temple to the arena: Teatro Chicano today /Jorge A. Huerta
• Dramatic principles of the Teatro Campesino /Francisco Jimenez
• |g3.Critical trends: an overview:Current trends in Chicano literary criticism /Carmen Salazar Parr
• Critical approaches to Chicano literature /Joseph Sommers
• La novela chicana de los setenta comentada por sus escritores y criticos /Salvador Rodriguez del Pino - -Chicano literature: art and politics from the perspective of the artist /Jose Antonio Villarreal
• |g4.Critical applications:La búsqueda de identidad y sus motivos en la literatura chicana /Juan Rodriguez
• Simbolos y motivos nahuas en la literatura chicana / Egla Morales Blouin
• The role of women in Chicano literature /Judy Salinas
• Contemporary Chicano prose fiction: a chronicle of misery /Charles M. Tatum
• Loss of innocence in Chicano prose /Ted Lyon
• The literary strategems available to the bilingual Chicano writer /Gary D. Keller
• La prosa chicana: tres epigonos de la novela mexicana de la Revolución / Guillermo Rojas
• José Antonio Villarreal and Richard Vásquez: the novelist against himself /Rafael F. Grajeda
• International literary metaphor and Ron Arias: an analysis of The road to Tamazunchale /Carlota Cardenas de Dwyer
• Lo mexicano y lo chicano en El diablo en Texas /Salvador Rodriguez del Pino
• Degradación y regeneración en Bless me, Ultima: el chicano y la vida nueva /Roberto Cantu