Conversations With Mexican American Writers - Languages and Literatures in the Borderlands

Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak is professor of English at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. She is author of Postmodern Vernaculars: Chicana Literature and Postmodern Rhetoric . Nancy Sullivan is professor of English at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. Her work has appeared in MELUS, System , and Intercultural Communication Studies , among other periodicals. Klappentext Conversations with writers grappling with the tensions of globalization, immigration, and assimilation; features interviews with Norma Elia Cantu, Denise Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, Montserrat Fontes, Dagoberto Gilb, Diana Montejano, Pat Mora, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and Helena Maria Viramontes Zusammenfassung Through a series of interviews with nine acclaimed authors! Conversations with Mexican American Writers explores the languages and literature of the US-Mexico borderlands as a confluence of social! cultural! historical! and political forces. These authors discuss their linguistic choices within the context of language policies and language attitudes in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth/ Sullivan Mermann-Jozwiak, Nancy Sullivan
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2009
• EAN: 9781604732153
• ISBN: 978-1-60473-215-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies