Interpreting specific poems by some of the best known Chicano writers,
this book studies the central aesthetic and thematic concerns recent
Chicano poetry addresses. Drawing on current theories of postmodernity
and postcoloniality, it places a "minority" literature within the
central concerns of contemporary literary and cultural studies. The book
addresses the most important issues related to Chicano identity,
especially focusing on the contribution women writers and thinkers have
made in articulating this identity.