●Introduction
● I.Concept of Chicano Literature
● II.Border, Border-crossing and Borderlands
● III.Purpose, Scope and Methocl
●Chapter One Border Studies and Chicano Literature
● I.Border Studies
● i.Development of border studies
● ii.Various border theories
● II.Chicano Literature in Perspectives
● i.Spanish and indigenous origins
● ii.Chicano literature in temporal evolution
● iii.Chicano literature in spatial division
●Chapter Two Borderland Narratives in Perspectives
● I.Postmodernist Writing as Borderland Narrative
● i.Postmodernism to de-center authority
● ii.Borderlands as shelter of mestiza consciousness
● II.Postcolonial Hybridity and Diverse Voices in Borderland Narratives
● i.Narrative of cultural hybridity as in Hunger of Memory
● ii.Heteroglossia as in The Cariboo Cafe
●Chapter Three Binary Positions Negotiating with Differences......
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李保傑的這本《當代奇卡諾文學中的邊疆敘事》采用“邊界研究”的基本框架，以墨西哥裔美國文學中的“奇卡諾文學”階段為研究內容，縱橫結合梳理了其歷時發展和地緣文化差異，以西班牙殖民文化、土著文化和美國白人主流文化的雜糅為基礎，研究“邊界”概念的文化延伸及其在奇卡諾文學敘述中的再現方式，同時探討這些敘事方式在墨西哥裔美國人文化身份認同中所產生的影響。《當代奇卡諾文學中的邊疆敘事》重點選取新墨西哥、加利福尼亞和德薩斯等文學陣營中代表性作家作品，如魯道夫·阿納亞、安娜·卡斯蒂略、理查德·羅德裡格斯、桑德拉·西斯奈羅斯和格洛麗亞·安扎爾多瓦等作家的作品，進而闡釋“邊界”的不同文學含義：它或者是人們固守的家園，或者是旨在衝破的隔閡，或者是包容差異性的“混血兒意識”。
This history of double colonization helps to explain the double invisibility of Mexican American literature. The Native American element was first subdued by the Spanish colonization, and then the Mexican/Mestizo element got suppressed by the mainline American culture. Guillermo E. Herndndez states about the dilemma of Chicano literature: "Writing on Chicano literature involves entering a new ......
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