Chapter 3. "On Lies, Secrets, and Silence" Hunger of Memory as Autobiography— A Comparative Perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Parto de Palabra vi
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Prologue. Parto de palabra. The Many Births of the Migrant Song 1
6. Chapter 1. "In Our Own Land". Politics and Cultural Process in Contemporary Chicano Literature 8
7. Chapter 2. Chicano Poetry and the Political Age The Canales/Córdova Corridos as Social Drama 26
8. Chapter 3. "On Lies, Secrets, and Silence" Hunger of Memory as Autobiography— A Comparative Perspective 50
9. Chapter 4. Power Reversals and the Comic Rolando Hinojosa as a Political Writer 72
10. Chapter 5. Engendering the Border Toward a Chicana Literary Aesthetic 104
11. Epilogue. Borderness and Pedagogy Exposing Culture in the Classroom 126
12. Notes 139
13. Bibliography 147
14. Index 155