{"product_id":"understanding-john-rechy-marza-deguzmzan-9781643360065","title":"Understanding John Rechy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this first book-length monograph on the Mexican American novelist, essayist, and playwright John Rechy, best known for his debut novel \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, María DeGuzmán offers a conceptually clear yet aesthetically, philosophically, and socio-politically fine-grained analysis of the spectrum of his writing. Recipient of PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, \u003ci\u003eONE Magazine's\u003c\/i\u003e National Gay and Lesbian Cultural Hero Award, the William Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Luis Leal Award for Excellence in Chicano\/Latino Literature, and the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement, Rechy is the author of fifteen novels, at least three plays, and several volumes of nonfiction. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding John Rechy\u003c\/i\u003e, María DeGuzmán offers a brief biographical overview and then traces the development of Rechy's craft through his major works by calling attention to central issues, recurring situations and characters, styles, and special techniques. She examines the complexities of his representation of identity, the subjectivity in his male homosexual odyssey and identity quest novels, and his experimentation with genre. She offers a concise yet intricate analysis of the major organizing paradigms and themes, genres, modes, styles, and handling of the gay Chicano's oeuvre. The book's guiding analysis pays particular attention to the ways in which Rechy's works function as cultural critique challenging mainstream values in a deep-structure manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e María Deguzmán\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164336006X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643360065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"María Deguzmán","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427597795583,"sku":"9781643360065","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49e258bd-37b6-4273-9062-b3e0a21d65f0.jpg?v=1761580380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-john-rechy-marza-deguzmzan-9781643360065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}