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: A 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