Friday, May 12, 2006
Serros also encountered the all-too-common catch-22 of biculturalism; whereas she once worried her Mexican American background would discourage publishers, she now heard gripes that her writing wasn't "ethnic" enough.
"It didn't capture that quote-unquote 'essence' of Chicano lit. I'm fourth-generation Mexican. (My book has) references that aren't familiar to them," Serros said of her critics. "There's a lot of pop culture references. They might see it as very white-washed."
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/DB/issues/98/08.24/ae.serros.html
"It didn't capture that quote-unquote 'essence' of Chicano lit. I'm fourth-generation Mexican. (My book has) references that aren't familiar to them," Serros said of her critics. "There's a lot of pop culture references. They might see it as very white-washed."
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/DB/issues/98/08.24/ae.serros.html
Comments:
Post a Comment
