Writing Off the Hyphen - New Critical Perspectives on Literature of Puerto Rican Diaspora

Klappentext The sixteen essays in Writing Off the Hyphen approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from current theoretical positions, with provocative and insightful results. Prominent writers such as Rosario Ferr and Judith Ortiz Cofer are discussed alongside often-neglected writers such as Honolulu-based Rodney Morales and gay writer Manuel Ramos Otero. Jos Torres-Padilla is associate professor of English, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Carmen Haydee Rivera is associate professor of English, University of Puerto Rico. Zusammenfassung Contains sixteen essays which approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora with insightful results. This book analyzes how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality and how other themes emerging from post-colonialism and post-modernism come into play.

Product details

• Authors: Jose L. (EDT)/ Rivera Torres-padilla, Jose L. Rivera Torres-Padilla
• Assisted by: Carmen Hayd'e Rivera (Editor), Carmen Haydee Rivera (Editor), Jos' L. Torres-Padilla (Editor), Jose L. Torres-Padilla (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2008
• EAN: 9780295988139
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98813-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: American Ethnic and Cultural S; American Ethnic and Cultural Studies; American Ethnic and Cultural S; American Ethnic and Cultural Studies; Writing Off the Hyphen
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies