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Barrera, Magdalena – Bilingual Review, 2009
This essay examines the working-class Mexican experience as represented in Jorge Ulica's "Cronicas Diabolicas," which he published between 1916 and 1926. What unites the wide-ranging subject matter of the chronicles is the author's resolute interest in maintaining his working-class compatriots' cultural and ideological ties to Mexico.…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Females, Mexican Americans, Foreign Countries
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Leen, Catherine – Bilingual Review, 2007
This article discusses the achievement of the postmodern caballero films and the relevance of the social bandit myth for Chicano resistance. The continued relevance of the social bandit myth is clearly demonstrated by "The Cisco Kid" and "The Mask of Zorro." Both films show how initially flawed or directionless characters can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mythology, Films, Role Models