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Imagined community book6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Introduction to the Theory of Imagined Community We will be exploring the concept of imagined community during this module as a way to analyze the influence that the idea of community has within Latin American and LatinX cultural production. Two examples of such as imagined communities are: the concept of Aztlan (for Chicanos/Mexicanos), and Borninquen (for Puerto Rican Communities). Scholars also focus on the influence that these ideas about LatinX populations as being an identifiable “people” that have historically been within a specific geography have in forming the imagined notions of community. ![]() ![]() And, they also focus on the power of producing ideas about the lands and places LatinX populations dream about-the myths of historical homelands for example. Scholars writing on the topic of the Latino imaginary dissect the meaning of terms such as “Latina/Latino, and LatinX. This chapter grapples with the definition of “community.” ![]()
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