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Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination
Monica Hanna
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Description for Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination
Paperback. Editor(s): Hanna, Monica; Harford Vargas, Jennifer; Saldivar, Jose David. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
The first sustained critical examination of the work of Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz, this interdisciplinary collection considers how Diaz's writing illuminates the world of Latino cultural expression and trans-American and diasporic literary history. Interested in conceptualizing Diaz's decolonial imagination and his radically re-envisioned world, the contributors show how his aesthetic and activist practice reflect a significant shift in American letters toward a hemispheric and planetary culture. They examine the intersections of race, Afro-Latinidad, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, and power in Diaz's work. Essays in the volume explore issues of narration, language, and humor in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar ... Read more
The first sustained critical examination of the work of Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz, this interdisciplinary collection considers how Diaz's writing illuminates the world of Latino cultural expression and trans-American and diasporic literary history. Interested in conceptualizing Diaz's decolonial imagination and his radically re-envisioned world, the contributors show how his aesthetic and activist practice reflect a significant shift in American letters toward a hemispheric and planetary culture. They examine the intersections of race, Afro-Latinidad, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, and power in Diaz's work. Essays in the volume explore issues of narration, language, and humor in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
646g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822360339
SKU
V9780822360339
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About Monica Hanna
Monica Hanna is Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Fullerton. Jennifer Harford Vargas is Assistant Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College. Jose David Saldivar is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and the author of Trans-Americanity: Subaltern Modernities, Global Coloniality, and the Cultures of Greater ... Read more
Reviews for Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination
A groundbreaking publication which unpacks the levels of complexity of Diaz's writing and paves the way for future lines of inquiry into his work.
Laura Gallon
Textual Practice
Essential reading for casual readers as well as students and scholars of Junot Diaz's literary production.
Marisel Moreno
Modern Fiction Studies
Laura Gallon
Textual Practice
Essential reading for casual readers as well as students and scholars of Junot Diaz's literary production.
Marisel Moreno
Modern Fiction Studies