Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God
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Thananopavarn, S
Published in: Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies
April 1, 2012
This essay explores the relationship between Ana Castillo's novel So Far from God (1993) and her development of an activist poetics inspired by Paulo Freire's influential 1970 treatise Pedagogy of the Oppressed. So Far from God may be understood as the practical application of Castillo's theory of "conscienticized poetics"; that is, the novel seeks to inspire political activism through a distinctive narrative style that relies on language strategies such as humor, revisioned cultural myths, and bilingual wordplay. The novel's humor is especially important to understanding Castillo's poetics, as she uses "outrageous" events to convey (and provoke) outrage about issues as serious as war, environmental racism, patriarchal violence, and AIDS.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies
ISSN
0005-2604
Publication Date
April 1, 2012
Volume
Number 1
Issue
Spring 2012
Start / End Page
65 / 86
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Related Subject Headings
- 2002 Cultural Studies
- 1608 Sociology
- 1601 Anthropology
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Thananopavarn, S. (2012). Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Number 1(Spring 2012), 65–86.
Thananopavarn, S. “Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God.” Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies Number 1, no. Spring 2012 (April 1, 2012): 65–86.
Thananopavarn S. Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. 2012 Apr 1;Number 1(Spring 2012):65–86.
Thananopavarn, S. “Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God.” Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, vol. Number 1, no. Spring 2012, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Apr. 2012, pp. 65–86.
Thananopavarn S. Conscientización of the Oppressed: Language and the Politics of Humor in Ana Castillo's So Far from God. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center; 2012 Apr 1;Number 1(Spring 2012):65–86.
Published In
Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies
ISSN
0005-2604
Publication Date
April 1, 2012
Volume
Number 1
Issue
Spring 2012
Start / End Page
65 / 86
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Related Subject Headings
- 2002 Cultural Studies
- 1608 Sociology
- 1601 Anthropology