El SimpáticoBoxer: Underpinning Chicano Masculinity with a Rhetoric ofFamiliainResurrection Blvd.

This essay analyzes the representation of Chicano masculinity in the cable television show Resurrection Blvd., produced by SHOWTIME network (2000–2002). I argue that the television show renders a depiction of Chicano masculinity that is contextualized within a rhetoric of familia and conveyed through familiar mainstream archetypes. Further, Resurrection depicts Chicano masculinity as navigating through and against prevailing masculinities subsequently producing a syncretic masculinity of el simpático boxer. Ultimately, the representation of Chicano masculinity assists in inscribing Chicana/os into the American consciousness.