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Informationen zum Autor José David Saldívar Klappentext Saldívar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Zusammenfassung Saldívar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Americanity Otherwise ix Acknowledgments xxix 1. Unsettling Race, Coloniality, and Caste in Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera, Martínez's Parrot in the Oven, and Roy's The God of Small Things 1 2. Migratory Locations: Subaltern Modernity and José Martí's Trans-American Cultural Criticism 31 3. Looking Awry at the War of 1898: Theodore Roosevelt versus Miguel Barnet and Esteban Montejo 57 4. In Search of the "Mexican Elvis": Border Matters, Americanity, and Post-State-centric Thinking 75 5. Making U.S. Democracy Surreal: Political Race, Transmodern Realism, and the Miner's Canary 90 6. The Outernational Origins of Chicano/a Literature: Paredes's Asian-Pacific Routes and Hinojosa's Cuban Casa de las Américas Roots 123 7. Transnationalism Contested: On Sandra Cisnero's The House on Mango Street and Caramelo or Puro Cuento 152 Appendix: On the Borderlands of U.S. Empire: The Limitations of Geography, Ideology, and Discipline 183 Notes 213 References 239 Index 257
