Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement (New Concepts in Latino American Cultures)

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Unbreakable Voice in a Minor Language: Following José Martí’s Migratory Routes....Pages 23-38
Más que Cenizas: An Analysis of Juan Bosch’s Dissident Narration of Dominicanidad (Ausente)....Pages 39-55
Creating Latinidad: Julia de Burgos’ Legacy on U.S. Latina Literature....Pages 57-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Travel and Family in Julia Alvarez’s Canon....Pages 75-88
Making It Home: A New Ethics of Immigration in Dominican Literature....Pages 89-103
Days of Awe and the Jewish Experience of a Cuban Exile: The Case of Achy Obejas....Pages 105-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
A Community in Transit: The Performative Gestures of Manuel Ramos Otero’s Narrative Triptych....Pages 121-136
A Revolution in Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside and Outside the Island....Pages 137-152
Gender Pirates of the Caribbean: Queering Caribbeanness in the Novels of Zoé Valdés and Christopher John Farley....Pages 153-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing and Populist Uplift Discourses in Puerto Rico....Pages 171-187
Coloniality of Diasporas: Racialization of Negropolitans and Nuyoricans in Paris and New York....Pages 189-206
The Dominican Diaspora Strikes Back: Cultural Archive and Race in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao....Pages 207-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-247