{"product_id":"next-of-kin-the-family-in-chicano-a-cultural-politics-by-richard-t-rodriguez-and-richard-t-rodriguez","title":"Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano\/a Cultural Politics  | by Richard T. Rodriguez and Richard T. Rodríguez","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuke University Press, 2009. Trade pb. Sunned spine, minor edge wear, and some highlighting of text. Good reader copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs both an idea and an institution, the family has been at the heart of Chicano\/a cultural politics since the Mexican American civil rights movement emerged in the late 1960s. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Richard T. Rodríguez explores the competing notions of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ela familia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e found in movement-inspired literature, film, video, music, painting, and other forms of cultural expression created by Chicano men. Drawing on cultural studies and feminist and queer theory, he examines representations of the family that reflect and support a patriarchal, heteronormative nationalism as well as those that reconfigure kinship to encompass alternative forms of belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescribing how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ela familia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e came to be adopted as an organizing strategy for communitarian politics, Rodríguez looks at foundational texts including Rodolfo Gonzales’s well-known poem “I Am Joaquín,” the Chicano Liberation Youth Conference’s manifesto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEl Plan Espiritual de Aztlán\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and José Armas’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLa Familia de La Raza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Rodríguez analyzes representations of the family in the films \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Am Joaquín\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYo Soy Chicano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; the Los Angeles public affairs television series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e¡Ahora!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; the experimental videos of the artist-activist Harry Gamboa Jr.; and the work of hip-hop artists such as Kid Frost and Chicano Brotherhood. He reflects on homophobia in Chicano nationalist thought, and examines how Chicano gay men have responded to it in works including Al Lujan’s video \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eS\u0026amp;M in the Hood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the paintings of Eugene Rodríguez, and a poem by the late activist Rodrigo Reyes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a wide-ranging assessment of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ela familia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s symbolic power and a hopeful call for a more inclusive cultural politics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56054141878438,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/nextofkin.webp?v=1766862750","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/next-of-kin-the-family-in-chicano-a-cultural-politics-by-richard-t-rodriguez-and-richard-t-rodriguez","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}