Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez reads from Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics.

Author and University of Illinois professor, Richard T. Rodriguez, will discuss his new book, “Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics”, on Thursday, October 8 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis. The family has been the heart of Chicano/a cultural politics since the Mexican American civil rights movements emerged in the late 1960s. Rodriguez explores the competing notions of la familia found in movement-inspired literature, film, video, music, painting and other forms of cultural studies and feminist and queer theory. “Next of Kin” examines representations of the family that reflect and support a patriarchal, heteronormative nationalism as well as those that reconfigure kinship to encompass alternative forms of belonging. Rodriguez will sign copies of his book following the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html (UMNBookstore)… (more)