A Companion to US Latino Literatures

List of contents

Introduction: Pluralism in US Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective
Resistance, Revolution and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano - Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros) - Eva Paulino Bueno
The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States - Patricia M. Montilla
Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in US Cuban Literature - Jorge Febles
Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora - Armando González-Pérez
Bewteen the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature - Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures - Vincent Spina
American Dream: Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature - Antonio Luciano de AndradeTosta
Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North - Sergio Waisman
A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States - Lydia Gil
US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview - Carlota Caulfield
The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators - Darién J Davis

Product details

• Authors: Carlota Caulfield, Carlota Caulfield
• Assisted by: Carlota Caulfield (Editor), Dari Davis (Editor), Darién J Davis (Editor), Darien J. Davis (Editor), Darién J. Davis (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2010
• EAN: 9781855662162
• ISBN: 978-1-85566-216-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 354 g
• Series: Monografa-As a; Monografías a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)