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Cosmopolitan Strangers in US Latinx Literature and Culture - Building Bridges, Not Walls (Hardcover)
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Cosmopolitan Strangers in US Latinx Literature and Culture - Building Bridges, Not Walls (Hardcover)
Series: Narrative Theory and Culture
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This is a timely book that, through an insightful exploration of
recent art (literary and visual texts) created by members of the
Latinx community, places emphasis on social bonds and forms of
conviviality that run counter to contemporary anti-Latinx
discourse. Drawing mostly on neo-cosmopolitan approaches, this book
provides a fresh slant on the Latinx stranger, as it not only
exposes the processes of othering to which Latinxs are subjected,
but also foregrounds their potential to imagine convivial modes of
interaction that foster solidarity and social change. The themes
and the level of scholarship at stake in this volume appeal to a
variety of subject areas, e.g., US Latinx literature and culture,
border studies and American studies, all of which are increasingly
widely taught in US campuses, and to a lesser (but still
significant) extent also in European and Latin American
universities. Besides, its focus on pressing contemporary issues,
ranging from Latinx immigration, family separation at the US-Mexico
border, Latinx urban life, and Latinx politics in the US, may also
appeal to non-specialist audiences who wish to learn what it means
to be a Latinx politically and culturally. Formed by a team of
geographically diverse contributors, some of whom are renowned
writers and scholars (e.g., Norma Cantu), while others are at the
beginning of promising careers, this volume takes a critical but
also optimist approach to tackling some of the challenges that
Latinxs, as well as other minorities around the world, are
experiencing in contexts of increasing racism and other forms of
hatred.
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