Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface THE SLOW LOWDOWN 1
4. Introduction A SLOW APPROACH TO FATHERS AND OTHER FICTIONS 13
5. PART I Sourcing Authority
6. Introduction 37
7. Film ANCIANOS NOT ABUELOS Making Space and Mediating Male Power 45
8. Personal narrative “NO, I AM YOUR FATHER” 77
9. Literature FATHERS AND RACIALIZED MASCULINITIES IN LUIS ALBERTO URREA’S IN SEARCH OF SNOW 84
10. PART II Instrumentalizing Indigeneity
11. Introduction 111
12. Personal narrative NOBODY EVER SAID WE WERE AZTECS 119
13. Film FATHERHOOD, CHICANISMO, AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF HEALING IN LA MISSION 128
14. Lterature NEW TRIBALISM AND CHICANA/O INDIGENEITY IN THE WORK OF GLORIA ANZALDÚA 154
15. PART III Fantasmas and Fronteras
16. Introduction 175
17. Literature FATHERS, SONS, AND OTHER (SHORT) FICTIONS 183
18. Film META AND MUTANT FATHERS 217
19. Personal narrative FAMILY FICTIONS AND OTHER LIES ABOUT THE TRUTH 252
20. Conclusion FATHERS AND FUTURITY 257
21. PARTING SHOT 270
22. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 272
23. NOTES 275
24. WORKS CITED AND CONSULTED 300
25. INDEX 316