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Author : José M. Amaya
Release : 1995
Genre : American literature
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Book Synopsis Chicano Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity by : José M. Amaya
Download or read book Chicano Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity written by José M. Amaya. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Release : 2009
Genre : American literature
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Book Synopsis On Latinidad by : Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Download or read book On Latinidad written by Marta Caminero-Santangelo. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to address head-on the question of how Latino/a literature wrestles with the pan-ethnic and trans-racial implications of the "Latino" label. Refusing to take latinidad (Latino-ness) for granted, Marta Caminero-Santangelo lays the groundwork for a sophisticated understanding of the various manifestations of "Latino" identity. She examines texts by prominent Chicano/a, Dominican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers--including Julia Alvarez, Cristina García, Achy Obejas, Piri Thomas, and Ana Castillo--and concludes that a pre-existing "group" does not exist. The author instead argues that much recent Latino/a literature presents a vision of tentative, forged solidarities in the service of particular and sometimes even local struggles. She shows that even magical realism can figure as a threat to collectivity, rather than as a signifier of it, because magical connections--to nature, between characters, and to Latin American origins--can undermine efforts at solidarity and empowerment. In the author's close reading of both fictional and cultural narratives, she suggests the possibility that Latino identity may be even more elastic than the authors under question recognize.
Author : Alice Higman Reich
Release : 1989
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Cultural Construction of Ethnicity by : Alice Higman Reich
Download or read book The Cultural Construction of Ethnicity written by Alice Higman Reich. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Release : 2007
Genre : American literature
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Book Rating : 740/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On Latinidad by : Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Download or read book On Latinidad written by Marta Caminero-Santangelo. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refusing to take latinidad (Latino-ness) for granted, the author lays the groundwork for a sophisticated understanding of the various manifestations of 'Latino' identity. She examines texts by prominent Chicano/a, Dominican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers and concludes that a pre-existing 'group' does not exist.
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Release : 2016-08-29
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Literature and Ethnicity in the Cultural Borderlands by :
Download or read book Literature and Ethnicity in the Cultural Borderlands written by . This book was released on 2016-08-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume stems from the idea that the notion of borders and borderlines as clear-cut frontiers separating not only political and geographical areas, but also cultural, linguistic and semiotic spaces, does not fully address the complexity of contemporary cultural encounters. Centering on a whole range of literary works from the United States and the Caribbean, the contributors suggest and discuss different theoretical and methodological grounds to address the literary production taking place across the lines in North American and Caribbean culture. The volume represents a pioneering attempt at proposing the concept of the border as a useful paradigm not only for the study of Chicano literature but also for the other American literatures. The works presented in the volume illustrate various aspects and manifestations of the textual border(lands), and explore the double-voiced discourse of border texts by writers like Harriet E. Wilson, Rudolfo Anaya, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, Louise Erdrich, Helena Viramontes, Paule Marshall and Monica Sone, among others. This book is of interest for scholars and researchers in the field of comparative American studies and ethnic studies.
