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On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity

On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Marta Caminero-SantangeloPublish date:2009-07-25Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of FloridaISBN-13:9780813034485ISBN-10:813034485UPC:9780813034485Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:American, Caribbean & Latin AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC6QPMX57H

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of FloridaISBN-13:9780813034485ISBN-10:813034485UPC:9780813034485Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:American, Caribbean & Latin AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC6QPMX57H

Marta Caminero-Santangelo is associate professor of English at the University of Kansas.


Publisher: University Press of Florida

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