Latinidad at the Crossroads : Insights Into Latinx Identity in the Twenty-First Century

In Latinidad at the Crossroad: Insights into Latinx identity in the Twenty-First Century Gerke and González Rodríguez provide flashing glimpses into the ways in which Latinas/os struggle to forge their multiracial and multicultural identities within their own communities and in mainstream U.S. society. This volume encompasses an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex range of latinidades that confronts stereotypical connotations, and simultaneously advocates a more flexible (re)definition that may overcome static collective representations of identity, ethnicity and belonging. Well-positioned in the current political context, the notion of latinidad is examined as a complex sociological phenomenon of identity-construction which is affected by outside influences and is used as a powerful linguistic, cultural and ideological weapon to denounce oppression and deconstruct stereotypes. Including chapters from foundational and influential scholars, this collection moves towards a dynamic exploration of how Latinx are remapping their identity positions in twenty-first century America. Contributors: Francisco A. Lomelí, José Antonio Gurpegui, Esther Álvarez López, Ylce Irizarry, Luisa María González Rodríguez, Ewa Antoszek, Fernando Aquino. Half Title 1 Series Information 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Dedication 5 Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 Notes on Contributors 10 Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither 12 Introduction: Revisiting Latinidad in the 21st Century 13 1 (Re)Mapping Latinidad 16 2 Panethnicity in Context 20 3 The Space(s) of Latinidad 24 4 Culminating Notions 26 References 33 Seismic Shifts in Chicano/a Literature Leading into the Twenty-First Century: Are Latinos/as Now Coasting or Still Breaking New Ground? 36 1 Shockwaves and Ripple Effects: Chicano/a Literature Re-emerges 37 2 Relegated No More: Breaking Our Relative Silence 39 3 Chicana Postmodern Generation: A Second Renaissance 42 4 Post-Movement Production and Globalization 44 5 Twenty-First Century: Neoteric Currents and Multiple Directions 46 6 Fissures Coming Together to Form a New Literary Order 53 References 54 Digging through the Past to Reconcile Race and Latinx Identity in Dominican-American Women’s Memoirs 58 1 Memory and the Construction of Identity and Community 59 2 Afro-latinidades as a Domain of Difference 67 3 Re-establishing Cultural Continuities by Building a Transnational Latinx Identity 71 4 Conclusion 75 References 76 Dominicans and the Political Realm of Latinidad in New York City 78 References 92 Identity, De-colonization and Cosmopolitanism in (Afro)Latina Artists’ Spoken Word Performances 96 1 Contesting (Neo)Colonial Difference: Mayda del Valle’s “Descendancy” 103 2 De-colonizing Memory and Color: The (Cosmopolitan) Potentiality of Afro-Latinidad 106 3 De-colonizing (Afro)Latina Identity: A Survivalist Poetics 110 References 116 Encarnaciones Cubanas: Elías Miguel Muñoz and Queering of the Latina/o Canon 120 1 The US Ethnic ‘Boom’ and the Emergence of Latinidad 123 2 Queering Exile: The Greatest Performance (1991) 125 3 Queering Cubanidad: Brand New Memory (1998) 136 4 Conclusions 141 References 143 Revisiting La Frontera: Consuelo Jiménez Underwood and Ana Teresa Fernández 147 References 162 Borders and Immigration: Revisiting Canonical Chicano Literature under Trump’s Regime 164 References 180 Conclusions 183 1 Revealing the Kaleidoscope 183 2 Who Are You Calling Latinx? 185 3 Moving Away from the Hyphen: Creating New Spaces of Latinidad 187 References 189 Index 191 Puerto Rican discovery #3 : not neither / Sandra María Esteves -- Introduction: Revisiting Latinidad in the 21st century / Amanda Ellen Gerke and Luisa María González Rodríguez -- Seismic shifts in Chicano(a) literature leading into the twenty-first century : are Latinos(as) now coasting or still breaking new ground? / Francisco A. Lomelí -- Digging through the past to reconcile race and Latinx identity in Dominican-American women's memoirs / Luisa María González Rodríguez -- Dominicans and the political realm of Latinidad in New York City / Fernando Aquino -- Identity, de-colonization and cosmopolitanism in (Afro)Latina artists' spoken word performances / Esther Álvarez López -- Encarnaciones cubanas : Elías Miguel Muñoz and queering of the Latina(o) canon / Ylce Irizarry -- Revisiting La frontera : Consuelo Jiménez Underwood and Ana Teresa Fernández / Ewa Antoszek -- Borders and immigration revisiting canonical Chicano literature under Trump's regime / José Antonio Gurpegui