|
Showing 1 - 15 of
15 matches in All Departments
|
In My Magical Bubble (Hardcover)
Paola Andrea Fernandez S de Abdulrahin; Illustrated by Luz Adriana Manozca
|
R759
Discovery Miles 7 590
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
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.
This book is an in-depth study of Latina girls, portrayed in five
coming-of-age narratives by using spaces and places as
hermeneutical tools. The texts under study here are Julia Alvarez's
Return to Sender (2009), Norma E. Cantu's Canicula: Snapshots of a
Girlhood en la Frontera (1995), Mary Helen Ponce's Hoyt Street: An
Autobiography (1993), and Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto
Rican (1993) and Almost a Woman (1998). Unlike most representations
of Latina girls, which are characterized by cultural inaccuracies,
tropes of exoticism, and a tendency to associate the host society
with modernity and their girls' cultures of origin with
backwardness and oppression, these texts contribute to reimagining
the social differently from what the dominant imagery offers. By
illustrating the vexing phenomena the characters have to negotiate
on a daily basis (such as racism, sexism, and displacement), these
narratives open avenues for a critical exploration of the legacies
of colonial modernity. This book, therefore, not only enables an
analysis of how the girls' development is shaped by these
structures of power, but also shows how such legacies are reversed
as the characters negotiate their identities. It breaks with the
longstanding characterization of young people, and especially
Latina girls, as voiceless and deprived of agency, showing readers
that this youth group also has say in controlling their lifeworlds.
This book is an in-depth study of Latina girls, portrayed in five
coming-of-age narratives by using spaces and places as
hermeneutical tools. The texts under study here are Julia Alvarez's
Return to Sender (2009), Norma E. Cantu's Canicula: Snapshots of a
Girlhood en la Frontera (1995), Mary Helen Ponce's Hoyt Street: An
Autobiography (1993), and Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto
Rican (1993) and Almost a Woman (1998). Unlike most representations
of Latina girls, which are characterized by cultural inaccuracies,
tropes of exoticism, and a tendency to associate the host society
with modernity and their girls' cultures of origin with
backwardness and oppression, these texts contribute to reimagining
the social differently from what the dominant imagery offers. By
illustrating the vexing phenomena the characters have to negotiate
on a daily basis (such as racism, sexism, and displacement), these
narratives open avenues for a critical exploration of the legacies
of colonial modernity. This book, therefore, not only enables an
analysis of how the girls' development is shaped by these
structures of power, but also shows how such legacies are reversed
as the characters negotiate their identities. It breaks with the
longstanding characterization of young people, and especially
Latina girls, as voiceless and deprived of agency, showing readers
that this youth group also has say in controlling their lifeworlds.
Come and step into the exciting world of Cosie's Closet and join
Cosie and her 2 best friends, Layla and Grace as they set out on
the most magical and fun adventures every time they step into
Cosie's closet. **On Sale For A Limited Time To Celebrate The
Launch of Cosie's Closet ** In the first book of the Cosie's Closet
series, Cosie, Layla and Grace enter the closet and end up in a
magical bakery store where they meet some interesting characters
and learn a very important lesson along the way This adventure will
be filled with cookies, cakes, and even fruit tart Come along for
the ride and find out what happens when the girls are given the
opportunity to show kindness to a perfect stranger...
|
You may like...
Sudoku 6
Gareth Moore
Paperback
R40
R19
Discovery Miles 190
Higher
Michael Buble
CD
(1)
R172
R154
Discovery Miles 1 540
Morgan
Kate Mara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, …
Blu-ray disc
(1)
R70
Discovery Miles 700
|