Chicano poet Alurista performing a poetry reading (1982)Subgenre of Mexica-American literature
Chicano poetry is a subgenre of Chicano literature that stems from the cultural consciousness developed in the Chicano Movement .[ 1] Chicano poetry has its roots in the reclamation of Chicana/o as an identity of empowerment rather than denigration.[ 2] [ 3] As a literary field, Chicano poetry emerged in the 1960s and formed its own independent literary current and voice.[ 1] [ 4]
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^ Ramírez, Catherine Sue (2000). The Pachuca in Chicana/o Art, Literature and History: Reexamining Nation, Cultural Nationalism and Resistance . University of California, Berkeley. pp. 178, 198.
^ Villa, Raúl (2017-10-23), Flores, Juan; Rosaldo, Renato (eds.), " "El Louie" by José Montoya: An Appreciation" , A Companion to Latina/o Studies , Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 180–184, doi :10.1002/9781405177603.ch16 , ISBN 978-1-4051-7760-3 , retrieved 2023-01-25
^ Pérez-Torres, Rafael (1995). Movements in Chicano poetry : against myths, against margins . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521470196 . OCLC 30783346 .