The Loss of a Language and Untranslatability in Richard Rodriguez’s Hunger of Memory

Richard Rodriguez’s Hunger of Memory (1982) is often seen as a story of professional success and assimilation into American life, but the author was criticized for opposing so-called “affirmative action” and bilingual education, highly controversial issues defended by Chicano activists in the eighti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: An Van Hecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2020-11-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Online Access:https://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2773