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

This Collection Explores The Literary Tradition Of Caribbean Latino Literature Written In The U.s. Beginning With José Martí And Concluding With 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist, Junot Díaz. The Contributors Consider The Way That Spatial Migration In Literature Serves As A Metaphor For Gender, Sexuality, Racial, Identity, Linguistic, And National Migrations--provided By Publisher. Hispanic Caribbean Literature Of Migration: Narratives Of Displacement Is A Collection Of Thirteen Chapters That Explores The Literary Tradition Of Caribbean Latino Literature Written In The U.s. Beginning With José Martí And Concluding With 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist, Junot Díaz. The Essays In This Collection Reveal The Multiple Ways That Writers Of This Tradition Use Their Unique Positioning As Both Insiders And Outsides To Critique U.s. Hegemonic Discourses While Simultaneously Interrogating National Discourses In Their Home Countries. The Chapters Consider The Way That Spatial Migration In Literature Serves As A Metaphor For Gender, Sexuality, Racial, Identity, Linguistic And National Migrations--provided By Publisher. Machine Generated Contents Note: Part I: Migratory Identities * The Unbreakable Voice In A Minor Language: Following José Martí's Migratory Routes--laura Lomas * Más Que Cenizas: An Analysis Of Juan Bosch's Dissident Narration Of Dominicanidad (ausente)--lorgia García Peña * Creating Latinidad: Julia De Burgos' Legacy In U.s. Latina Literature--vanessa Pérez Rosario * Part Ii: Dislocated Narratives * Travel And Family In Julia Alvarez's Canon--vivian Nun Halloran * Making It Home: A New Ethics Of Immigration In Junot Díaz's Drown--ylce Irizarry * Days Of Awe And The Jewish Experience Of A Cuban Exile: The Case Of Achy Obejas--carolyn Wolfenzon-niego * Part Iii: Gender Crossings * A Community In Transit: The Performative Gestures Of Manuel Ramos Otero's Narrative Triptych--monica Llado Ortega * A Revolution In Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside And Outside The Island--ana Belén Martín Sevillano * Gender Pirates On The Caribbean Sea: Queering Gender, Race, And Diaspora In The Novels Of Christopher John Farley And Zoe Valdés--omise'eke Natasha Tinsley * Part Iv: Racial Migrations * Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing And Populist Uplift Discourses In Puerto Rico--maritza Stanchich * Coloniality Of Diasporas: Racialization Of Negropolitans And Nuyoricans In Paris And New York--yolanda Martínez-san Miguel * The Dominican Diaspora Talks Back: Cultural Archive And Race In Junot Díaz's The Brief Wonderful Life Of Oscar Wao--juanita Heredia. Edited By Vanessa Pérez Rosario. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction: Historical Context of Caribbean Latino Literature......Page 10 I: Migratory Identities......Page 30 1 The Unbreakable Voice in a Minor Language: Following José Martí’s Migratory Routes......Page 32 2 Más que Cenizas: An Analysis of Juan Bosch’s Dissident Narration of Dominicanidad (Ausente)......Page 48 3 Creating Latinidad: Julia de Burgos’ Legacy on U.S. Latina Literature......Page 66 II: Dislocated Narratives......Page 82 4 Travel and Family in Julia Alvarez’s Canon......Page 84 5 Making It Home: A New Ethics of Immigration in Dominican Literature......Page 98 6 Days of Awe and the Jewish Experience of a Cuban Exile: The Case of Achy Obejas......Page 114 III: Gender Crossings......Page 128 7 A Community in Transit: The Performative Gestures of Manuel Ramos Otero’s Narrative Triptych......Page 130 8 A Revolution in Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside and Outside the Island......Page 146 9 Gender Pirates of the Caribbean: Queering Caribbeanness in the Novels of Zoé Valdés and Christopher John Farley......Page 162 IV: Racial Migrations......Page 178 10 Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing and Populist Uplift Discourses in Puerto Rico......Page 180 11 Coloniality of Diasporas: Racialization of Negropolitans and Nuyoricans in Paris and New York......Page 198 12 The Dominican Diaspora Strikes Back: Cultural Archive and Race in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao......Page 216 Notes on Contributors......Page 232 Index......Page 236 Machine generated contents note: PART I: MIGRATORY IDENTITIES * The Unbreakable Voice in a Minor Language: Following José Martí's Migratory Routes Laura Lomas * Más que Cenizas: An Analysis of Juan Bosch's Dissident Narration of Dominicanidad (Ausente) Lorgia García Peña * Creating Latinidad: Julia de Burgos' Legacy in U.S. Latina Literature Vanessa Pérez Rosario * PART II: DISLOCATED NARRATIVES * Travel and Family in Julia Alvarez's Canon Vivian Nun Halloran * Making it Home: A New Ethics of Immigration in Junot Díaz's Drown Ylce Irizarry * Days of Awe and the Jewish Experience of a Cuban Exile: The Case of Achy Obejas Carolyn Wolfenzon-Niego * PART III: GENDER CROSSINGS * A Community in Transit: The Performative Gestures of Manuel Ramos Otero's Narrative Triptych Monica Llado Ortega * A Revolution in Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside and Outside the Island Ana Belén Martín Sevillano * Gender Pirates on the Caribbean Sea: Queering Gender, Race, and Diaspora in the Novels of Christopher John Farley and Zoe Valdés Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley * PART IV: RACIAL MIGRATIONS * Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing and Populist Uplift Discourses in Puerto Rico Maritza Stanchich * Coloniality of Diasporas: Racialization of Negropolitans and Nuyoricans in Paris and New York Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel * The Dominican Diaspora Talks Back: Cultural Archive and Race in Junot Díaz's The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao Juanita Heredia. "Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement is a collection of thirteen chapters that explores the literary tradition of Caribbean Latino literature written in the U.S. beginning with Jos��e Mart��i and concluding with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Junot D��iaz. The essays in this collection reveal the multiple ways that writers of this tradition use their unique positioning as both insiders and outsides to critique U.S. hegemonic discourses while simultaneously interrogating national discourses in their home countries. The chapters consider the way that spatial migration in literature serves as a metaphor for gender, sexuality, racial, identity, linguistic and national migrations"--Provided by publisher. This collection explores the literary tradition of Caribbean Latino literature written in the U.S. beginning with Jose Marti and concluding with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Junot Diaz. The contributors consider the way that spatial migration in literature serves as a metaphor for gender, sexuality, racial, identity, linguistic, and national migrations