Latino Fiction and the Modernist Imagination: Literature of the Borderlands

by John S. Christie

Overview

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. The aim of this book is to approach Latino fiction from a wider perspective, and to cross the standard critical boundaries between Latino groups in order to focus upon the literary language of a collection of complicated novels and stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317714101
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/08/2019
Series:	Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	595 KB

About the Author

John S. Christie

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Section I: The Literary Context
Chapter One: The Narrative Techniques of the Border 3
Chapter Two: The "Magic" of Influence upon Latino
Narrative 37
Section II: The Languages of the Borderlands
Chapter Three: Latino Voices and "English con Salsa" 69
Chapter Four: Dreams and Betrayals: Latinos Between
Worlds 105
Section III.: The Cultures and the Carnival
Chapter Five: Carnival and the "department store called
america" 141
Chapter Six: "Flowers of the Dead:" The Latino Quest
for Ancestors 163
Bibliography 193
Index

Editorial Reviews

To form an identity out of a cultural or stew is one of the creative challenges for Latino/a authors. Based on an analysis of recent novels and short stories written in English by mainland, ethnically diverse Latin American writers such as Cisneros, Ed Vega, Cristina Garcia, Hijuelos, and Pineda, the author (no background cited) elucidates the literary context of their hybridized narrative techniques, language issues relevant to "English con salsa," and "the Latino quest for ancestors" within carnival rituals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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