A Critical Analysis Of The Chicano Literature

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This source provides an analysis on how the Chicano literature started. First Martin-Rodriguez (2001) presents a sequential order of events connected to the most important moments in the Chicano history and provides a brief examination of what happen in each period that led to the Chicano literature movement.
The author also offers a view of how difficult was the transition of cultures once Mexico was defeated and became part of the United States (Martin-Rodriguez, 2001). I can say this because of the description of the article. I also know that we can count on this evidence because the author is a director of Hispanics studies in some of the most well knows universities in the United States such as Texas A&M University).
I believe we can consider

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