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(Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape
Cristina Herrera (Ed.)
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Description for (Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape
Hardback. Editor(s): Herrera, Cristina; Mercado-Lopez, Larissa. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
This book broadens the scope of Latina/o criticism to include both widely-read and understudied nineteenth through twenty-first century fictional works that engage in critical discussions of gender, race, sexuality, and identity. The essays in this collection do not simply seek inclusion for the texts they critically discuss, but suggest that we more thoughtfully consider the utility of mapping, whether we are mapping land, borders, time, migration, or connections and disconnections across time and space. Using new and rigorous methodological approaches to reading Latina/o literature, contributors reveal a varied and textured landscape, challenging us to reconsider the process and influence of ... Read more
This book broadens the scope of Latina/o criticism to include both widely-read and understudied nineteenth through twenty-first century fictional works that engage in critical discussions of gender, race, sexuality, and identity. The essays in this collection do not simply seek inclusion for the texts they critically discuss, but suggest that we more thoughtfully consider the utility of mapping, whether we are mapping land, borders, time, migration, or connections and disconnections across time and space. Using new and rigorous methodological approaches to reading Latina/o literature, contributors reveal a varied and textured landscape, challenging us to reconsider the process and influence of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Literatures of the Americas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349949007
SKU
V9781349949007
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About Cristina Herrera (Ed.)
Cristina Herrera is Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA. She is the author of Contemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script and has published in Chicana/Latina Studies, Confluencia, and Journal of Caribbean Literatures. ... Read more
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