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The myriad of social protests that took place in North America during the 60's gave the so called ethnic minorities an enormous opportunity to express themselves. They felt rejected in their own land and found then the perfect atmosphere to defend their race and rights in a nation that seemed to ignore them. Many of these groups chose the Literature as a perfect weapon to fight for a better future.
This dissertation focuses on Chicano Literature, which name comes from one of the Social Movements born in that turbulent time. We decided to study this literature because, and in our opinion, Chicano Literature represents one of the ways of expression of a community which influence on the North-American society is increasing dramatically but, and above all, our decision was based on the quality of its texts. We particularly concentrated on Chicano narrative, on Rolando Hinojosa's narrative, to be more exact, because of his well-known prestige and International reputation. We analised the most part of his macrotext, The Klail City Death Trip Series, which, we understand, represents the author's desire to bring back to his mind the true History of the Rio Grande Valley to translate it back to his texts in the shape of words. This is, we think we have proved, Hinojosa's way of protecting and keeping his community's identity, a community which would not exit out of its vast territory limits. This is the reason why this dissertation's aim has been to prove that The Klail City Death Trip Series' social and historical repertoire—at least in the novels we have studied—re-writes the History of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, from a new perspective—the one of the Chicano minority—and, consequently, from a position that contrasts and contradicts the traditional historiographic version. It is now time for the Chicano community to tell their version of the events.