Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement

by Palgrave Macmillan US

Overview

This collection explores the literary tradition of Caribbean Latino literature written in the U.S. beginning with José Martí and concluding with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Junot Díaz. The contributors consider the way that spatial migration in literature serves as a metaphor for gender, sexuality, racial, identity, linguistic, and national migrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230620650
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/21/2010
Series:	New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

VANESSA PÉREZ ROSARIO is Assistant Professor of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at The City University of New York - Brooklyn College, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: Historical Context of Caribbean Latino Literature Vanessa Pérez Rosario 1

I Migratory Identities

1 The Unbreakable Voice in a Minor Language: Following José Martí's Migratory Routes Laura Lomas 23

2 Más que Cenizas: An Analysis of Juan Bosch's Dissident Narration of Dominicanidad (Ausente) Lorgia García Peña 39

3 Creating Latinidad: Julia de Burgos' Legacy on U.S. Latina Literature Vanessa Pérez Rosario 57

II Dislocated Narratives

4 Travel and Family in Julia Alvarez's Canon Vivian Nun Halloran 75

5 Making It Home: A New Ethics of Immigration in Dominican Literature Ylce Irizarry 89

6 Days of Awe and the Jewish Experience of a Cuban Exile: The Case of Achy Obejas Carolyn Wolfenzon 105

III Gender Crossings

7 A Community in Transit: The Performative Gestures of Manuel Ramos Otero's Narrative Triptych Mónica Llaó-Ortega 121

8 A Revolution in Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside and Outside the Island Ana Belén Martín Sevillano 137

9 Gender Pirates of the Caribbean: Queering Caribbeanness in the Novels of Zoé Valdés and Christopher John Farley Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley 153

IV Racial Migrations

10 Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing and Populist Uplift Discourses in Puerto Rico Maritza Stanchich 171

11 Coloniality of Diasporas: Racialization of Negropolitans and Nuyoricans in Paris and New York Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel 189

12 The Dominican Diaspora Strikes Back: Cultural Archive and Race in Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Juanita Heredia 207

Notes on Contributors 223

Index 227

Editorial Reviews

"Pérez Rosario offers an extremely valuable collection of essays about the experience of migration in Hispanic Caribbean literature. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - Choice

"Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement is an impressive accomplishment. The essays explore key moments in the history of Caribbean Latino literature and bring expert critical attention to trends over the past 150 years. Latino, meaning of Spanish speaking heritage in Anglo-America, is a word that points to contrapuntal doubling from the richly informative Introduction by Vanessa Pérez Rosario and throughout the dozen excellent essays. The collection foregrounds the work of both established and younger scholars in the field, all of whom tackle a major author and deepen our appreciation through rich contextualization and fine readings. No other book I know on Latino literature is as timely, broad, and welcome." - Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, and of African and African American Studies, Director of Cultural Agents, Harvard University

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