El Plan De Aztl Significance Of The Chicano Movement

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Significance of the Chicano Movement
El Plan de Aztlan and Borderlands Literary Works
Literary works, such as Borderlands by Anzaldúa and the El Plan de Aztlan manifesto were pivotal in conveying the demands and hopes of the Mexican-Americans in the Chicano Movement. In essence, El Plan de Aztlan was a blueprint on how the Chicanos could establish their own nation in the southwestern part of the America to facilitate self-determination, equal rights and opportunities, and to allow them to preserve their culture. The manifesto is a comprehensive delineation of the movement’s achievements, failures, challenges, and future expectations. The Borderlands/ La Frontera is a semi-autobiographical seminal book that focuses on the Mexican-American’s life experiences, including their language and identity. Furthermore, it explores the cultural hybridity of the Chicanos and the need to create a new uniting identity (Anzaldúa 77-83). The book

The blueprint also reflects the Chicano movements’ desire for self-determination where they can control all aspects of their lives, including their economy, land, and politics (Plan de Aztlan 1-3). Furthermore, it reflects the Chicano Movement’s call for unity wherein they work together to attain their rights as a people. There are several literary qualities within the El Plan de Aztlan, including a style that used imagery, such as “Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans” (Plan de Aztlan 1). Also, the document uses evocative language meant to reinforce certain messages, such as “We do not recognize capricious frontiers on the bronze continent.” El Plan de Aztlan reflects these concepts of the Chicano Movement and contains these literary qualities in its