More Subjectivity of Pocho Identity

Bandolero, El Pocho Y La Raza

Maciel's text comes from a film studies perspective, addressing issues like stereotype in the cinema with regard to Mexicans and Mexican Americans. With regard to thinking and speaking about the representations of 'pocho,' Maciel draws on a comedic Mexican actor who sings a song about being neither Mexican nor American because he is pocho.This reminds me of Anzaldua's use of pocho in "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" because of the Chicano-Spanish contextualization of the definition of pocho with which she was familiar. In the book, Maciel touches on the fluidity of pocho as an identifier going between Mexicano and Chicano points of reference.

Google Book Link:
http://books.google.com/books?id=VNv1i2aoP8sC&lpg=PP1&dq=bandolero%20el%20pocho%20la%20raza&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false