Out of Bounds: Islands and the Demarcation of Identity in the Hispanic Caribbean

by Dara E. Goldman

Overview

In Out of Bounds, Dara E. Goldman teases out the intricacies of a territorial conception of nationhood in the context of a global reorganization that ostensibly renders historical boundaries irrelevant. Hispanic Caribbean writers have traditionally pointed toward the supposed purpose equivalence of island and nation and have explained local culture as a direct consequence of that equation. The major social, political, and demographic shifts of the twentieth century increasingly call this equation into question, yet authors continue to assert its existence and its centrality in the evolution of Caribbean identity. Goldman contends that traditional forms of identification have not been eviscerated by globalization; instead, they have persisted and, in some cases, have been intensified by recent geopolitical shifts. Out of Bounds underscores the ongoing role of the nation as the site of identity formation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611482799
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	02/01/2008
Series:	Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dara E. Goldman is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Preface: Insular Tales     7
Acknowledgments     19
Between Island and Nation: The Evolution of Hispanic Caribbean Self-Fashioning     27
Out Elsewhere: The Limits of Normative Sexualities     62
Dancing With the Enemy: (Post)National Borders and Contested Spaces     106
Out of Place: Insular Topographies in the Diaspora     148
Virtual Islands: The Negotiation of Translocal Spatiality     178
Conclusion: Beyond the Island     206
Notes     211
Bibliography     231
Index     243