Understanding John Rechy

In this first book-length monograph on the Mexican American novelist, essayist, and playwright John Rechy, best known for his debut novel City of Night, Maria DeGuzman offers a conceptually clear yet aesthetically, philosophically, and socio-politically fine-grained analysis of the spectrum of his writing.

About the author

María DeGuzmán is professor of English and comparative literature and founding director of the UNC Latina/o Studies Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Spain's Long Shadow: The Black Legend, Off-Whiteness, and Anglo-American Empire and Buenas Noches, American Culture: Latina/o Aesthetics of Night, as well as many essays and articles on Latina/o cultural Production.

Summary

In this first book-length monograph on the Mexican American novelist, essayist, and playwright John Rechy, best known for his debut novel City of Night, Maria DeGuzman offers a conceptually clear yet aesthetically, philosophically, and socio-politically fine-grained analysis of the spectrum of his writing.

Product details

• Authors: DEGUZM N, Maria Deguzman, María Deguzmán
• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781643360065
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-006-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies