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My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography
"I am willing to relate all I can remember, but I wish it clearly understood that it must be in my own way, and at my own time. I will not be hurried or dictated to. It is my history and not yours I propose to tell.In providing an overview of this rich literature, Padilla also points out the power relations embedded in the narratives, showing that the reconstru...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
January 15th 1994
by University of Wisconsin Press
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A classic of Chicano literary criticism. I don't entirely agree with Padilla's critical paradigm, which takes a given the idea that Mexican Americans write out of an inescapable sense of historical trauma, but his close readings of texts are sensitive and thorough, and his approach to reading texts other critics might find politically unpalatable is smart and generous.
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