Killing Spanish - Literary Essays on Ambivalent U.S. Latino/a Identity (Paperback, 2004 ed.)

"Killing Spanish "suggests that the doubles, madwomen and other raging characters that populate the pages of contemporary U.S. Latino/a literature allegorize ambivalence about both present American identity and past Caribbean and Latin American origins. The family novels Sandin explores -- ranging from work by the Cuban American Cristina Garcia to the island Puerto Rican Rosario Ferre -- uncover the split between Americanized protagonists and their families, a split usually resolved through the killing of a character representing origins. Race and class differences, and poverty, cause protagonists in work by the Nuyoricans Piri Thomas, the Dominican American Junot Diaz, and others, to embrace the street as the new Latino home. If the family novels exact the death of "Spanish" in the person of a double character, the urban fiction and poetry project the "mean" street, churning with the productive and destructive energies of ambivalence, as the landscape of the fragmented U.S. Latino/a psyche.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	2004
Authors:	L. Sandin
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	167
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-61751-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-230-61751-4
Barcode:	9780230617513

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!