Sufrimiento cultural. Literatura e historia de los mexicanos en Estados Unidos

About the book:

An analysis of great draft is displayed from the category of cultural suffering, through a broad exercise of circumvolutions, nuances, and chiaroscuros, that confirm the need to use the concept of "ethos barroco", contrasted with the "ethos puritan", to understand the history of the United States.

Jorge Trasloheros

The clash between cultures often results in cultural suffering, which is difficult to withstand for those of us who live this reality. Likewise, Palma Rojo’s book carries an even stronger value when one recognizes that it is a cross-border work that lends a view of the border from Mexico and celebrates the culture and literature of those who have managed to overcome that clash through artistic creation.

Norma E. Cantú

This is a comparative reflection on the different colonization processes in Latin America and North America. It shows how in the latter region the cultural restrictions that allowed segregation and massive annihilation are built. It is a mine of data and reflections constructed with great sensitivity and attention to detail.

Rafael Mondragón

A highly relevant study that entwines historiographical analysis with literary analysis to prove how American hegemonic discourses have marginalized populations of Mexican origin, denying or minimizing their presence. Moreover, these pages reveal the enormous sociocultural and artistic wealth of "Mexicans from the North" who, in their tough fight for recognition within a racist environment, articulate both political and poetic voices that nowadays are imperative to listen to.

Antonio Prieto Stambaugh