Imagined transnationalism : U.S. latino a literature, culture, and identity

With its focus on Latino and Latina communities in the United States, this book investigates narrative and aesthetic strategies that are employed to represent transnational experiences in literary and cultural texts. Specifically concerned with how real and imagined movements between Latin American countries and the U.S. generate diverse conceptualizations of nationalism and transnationalism, this collection explores notions of identity, citizenship, and belonging in the past, present, and future. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 Figures and Tables......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1 Chicano Transnation......Page 20 2 A Schematic Approach to Understanding Latino Transnational Literary Texts......Page 36 3 Para Español Oprima El Número Dos: Transnational Translation and U.S. Latino/a Literature......Page 54 4 Transnational Migrations and Political Mobilizations: The Case of A Day without a Mexican......Page 68 5 Imagining Transnational Chicano/a Activism against Gender-Based Violence at the U.S.-Mexican Border......Page 82 6 Precursors of Hemispheric Writing: Latin America, the Caribbean, and Early U.S. American Identity......Page 102 7 Slammin’ in Transnational Heterotopia: Words Being Spoken at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe......Page 124 8 “A Broader and Wiser Revolution”: Refiguring Chicano Nationalist Politics in Latin American Consciousness in Post-Movement Literature......Page 144 9 With Bertolt Brecht and the Aztecs Toward an Imagined Transnation: A Literary Case Study......Page 164 10 Travel, Autoethnography, and Oppositional Consciousness in Juan Felipe Herrera’s Mayan Drifter......Page 178 11 ¿Dónde estás vos/z?: Performing Salvadoreñidades in Washington, DC......Page 208 12 The Final Frontier: Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s The Great......Page 228 13 Writing the Haitian Diaspora: The Transnational Contexts of Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker......Page 244 Notes on Contributors......Page 264 B......Page 268 F......Page 269 K......Page 270 N......Page 271 S......Page 272 Z......Page 273 Chicano Transnation / Bill Ashcroft -- A Schematic Approach To Understanding Latino Transnational Literary Texts / Nicolás Kanellos -- Para Español Oprima El Número Dos : Transnational Translation And U.s. Latino/a Literature / Marta E. Sánchez -- Transnational Migrations And Political Mobilizations : The Case Of A Day Without A Mexican / María Herrera-sobek -- Imagining Transnational Chicano/a Activism Against Gender-based Violence At The U.s.-mexican Border / Claudia Sadowski-smith -- Precursors Of Hemispheric Writing : Latin America, The Caribbean, And Early U.s. American Identity / Gabriele Pisarz-ramírez -- Slammin' In Transnational Heterotopia : Words Being Spoken At The Nuyorican Poets Café / Harald Zapf -- A Broader And Wiser Revolution : Refiguring Chicano Nationalist Politics In Latin American Consciousness In Post-movement Literature / Tim Libretti -- With Bertolt Brecht And The Aztecs Towards An Imagined Transnation : A Literary Case Study / Karen Ikas -- Travel, Autoethnography, And Oppositional Consciousness In Juan Felipe Herrera's Mayan Drifter / Maria Antònia Oliver-rotger -- ¿dónde Estás Vos/z? Performing Salvadoreñidades In Washington, Dc / Ana Patricia Rodríguez -- The Final Frontier : Guillermo Gómez-peña's The Great Mojado Invasion / Catherine Leen -- Writing The Haitian Diaspora : The Transnational Contexts Of Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker / Ricardo L. Ortíz. Edited By Kevin Concannon, Francisco A. Lomelí, And Marc Priewe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. With its focus on Latino and Latina communities in the Unites States, this book investigates narrative and aesthetic strategies tat are employed to represent transnational experiences in literary and cultural texts. Specifically concerned with how real and imagined movements between Latin American countries and the United States generate diverse conceptualizations of nationalism and transnationalism, this collection explores notions of identity, citizenship, and belonging in the past, present, and future With its focus on Latina/o communities in the United States, this collection of essays identifies and investigates the salient narrative and aesthetic strategies with which an individual or a collective represents transnational experiences and identities in literary and cultural texts.