A Companion to US Latino Literatures (Monografias A) (Monografias A)

CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
INTRODUCTION: Pluralism in US Latino Literature: \nA Historical Perspective......Page 14
1. Resistance, Revolution, and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano......Page 25
2. The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros)......Page 50
3. The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States......Page 64
4. Am I Who I Am?: Identity Games in US Cuban Literature......Page 80
5. Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora......Page 101
6. Between the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature......Page 114
7. Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures......Page 133
8. American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature......Page 153
9. Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North......Page 171
10. A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States (or Towards a Jewish-Latino Literature)......Page 190
11. US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview......Page 204
12. The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators......Page 221
FURTHER READING......Page 240
INDEX......Page 244