Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Pluralism in US Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective
- 1 Resistance, Revolution, and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano
- 2 The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros)
- 3 The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States
- 4 Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in US Cuban Literature
- 5 Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora
- 6 Between the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature
- 7 Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures
- 8 American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature
- 9 Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North
- 10 A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States (or Towards a Jewish-Latino Literature)
- 11 US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview
- 12 The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators
- Further Reading
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Pluralism in US Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective
- 1 Resistance, Revolution, and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano
- 2 The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros)
- 3 The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States
- 4 Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in US Cuban Literature
- 5 Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora
- 6 Between the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature
- 7 Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures
- 8 American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature
- 9 Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North
- 10 A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States (or Towards a Jewish-Latino Literature)
- 11 US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview
- 12 The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators
- Further Reading
- Index
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- A Companion to US Latino Literatures , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2007