The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature

The Cambridge History Of Latina/o American Literature Emphasizes The Importance Of Understanding Latina/o Literature Not Simply As A Us Ethnic Phenomenon But More Broadly As An Important Element Of A Trans-american Literary Imagination. Engaging With The Dynamics Of Migration, Linguistic And Cultural Translation, And The Uneven Distribution Of Resources Across The Americas That Characterize Latina/o Literature, The Essays In This History Provide A Critical Overview Of Key Texts, Authors, Themes, And Contexts As Discussed By Leading Scholars In The Field. This Book Demonstrates The Relevance Of Latina/o Literature For A World Defined By The Migration Of People, Commodities, And Cultural Expressions-- Machine Generated Contents Note: List Of Contributors; Acknowledgements: Introduction; Part I. Rereading The Colonial Archive: Transculturation And Conflict, 1492-1810: 1. Indigenous Herencias: Creoles, Mestizaje, And Nations Before Nationalism; 2. Performing To A Captive Audience: Dramatic Encounters In The Borderlands Of Empire; 3. The Tricks Of The Weak: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz And The Feminist Temporality Of Latina Literature; 4. Rethinking The Colonial Latinx Literary Imaginary: A Comparative And Decolonial Research Agenda; 5. The Historical And Imagined Cultural Geographies Of Latinidad; Part Ii. The Roots And Routes Of Latina/o Literature: The Literary Emergence Of A Trans-american Imaginary, 1783-1912: 6. Whither Latinidad?: The Trajectories Of Latin American, Caribbean, And Latina/o Literature; 7. Father Felix Varela And The Emergence Of An Organized Latina/o Minority In Early Nineteenth-century New York City; 8.^ Transamerican New Orleans: Latino Literature Of The Gulf Of Mexico, From The Spanish Colonial Period To Post-katrina; 9. Trajectories Of Exchange: Toward Histories Of Latino Literature; 10. Narratives Of Displacement In Places That Once Were Mexican; 11. Latina Feminism, Latina Racism And Unspeakable Violence: Travel Narratives, Novels Of Reform, And Histories Of Genocide And Lynching; 12. Jose Marti, Comparative Reading, And The Emergence Of Latino Modernity In Gilded-age New York; 13. Afro-latinidad: Phoenix Rising From A Hemisphere's Racist Flames; Part Iii. Negotiating Literary Modernity: Between Colonial Subjectivity And National Citizenship, 1910-1979: 14. Oratory, Memoir, And Theater: Performances Of Race And Class In The Early Twentieth-century Latina/o Public Sphere; 15. Literary Revolutions In The Borderlands: Transnational Dimensions Of The Mexican Revolution And Its Diaspora In The United States; 16.^ Making It Nuevo: Latina/o Modernist Poetics Remake High Euro-american Modernism; 17. The Archive And Afro-latina/o Field-formation: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg At The Intersection Of Puerto Rican And African American Literatures; 18. Floricanto En Aztlan: Chicano Cultural Nationalism And Its Epic Discontents; 19. 'the Geography Of Their Complexion': Nuyorican Poetry And Its Legacies; 20. Cuban American Counterpoint: The Heterogeneity Of Cuban American Literature, Culture, And Politics; 21. Latina/o Theater And Performance In The Contexts Of Social Movements; Part Iv. Literary Migrations Across The Americas, 1980-2017: 22. Undocumented Immigration In Latina/o Literature; 23. Latina Feminist Theory And Writing; 24. Invisible No More: Us Central American Literature Before And Beyond The Age Of Neoliberalism; 25. Latina/o Life Narratives: Crafting Self-referential Forms In The Colonial Milieu Of The Americas; 26. Poetics Of The 'majority Minority'; 27.^ The Quisqueya Diaspora: The Emergence Of Latina/o Literature From Hispaniola; 28. Listening To Literature: Popular Music, Voice, And Dance In The Latina/o Literary Imagination, 1980-2010; 29. Brazuca Literature: Old And New Currents, Countercurrents, And Undercurrents; 30. Staging Latinidad And Interrogating Neoliberalism In Contemporary Latina/o Performance And Border Art; 31. Transamerican Popular Forms Of Latina/o Literature: Genre Fiction, Graphic Novels, And Digital Environments; 32. Trauma, Translation, And Migration In The Crossfire Of The Americas: The Intersection Of Latina/o And South American Literatures; 33. The Mesoamerican Corridor, Central American Transits, And Latina/o Becomings; 34. Differential Visions: The Diasporic Stranger, Subalternity, And The Transing Of Experience In Us Puerto Rican Literature; 35.^ Temporal Borderlands: Toward Decolonial Queer Temporality In Latina/o Literature; Epilogue: Latina/o Literature: The Borders Are Burning; Chronology; Bibliography; Index. Edited By John Morán González, Laura Lomas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.