The Latino a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature

In the first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship of art, politics and the market. Dalleo and Machado Sáez engage with the major critics from the field to dispute the consensus view of Latino/a literature from the 1960s as politically committed and resistant to the market versus the literature of the 1990s as apolitical and assimilationist due to its commodification. This study argues that post-Sixties writers Pedro Pietri, Ernesto Quiñonez, Abraham Rodriguez, Junot Díaz, Angie Cruz, Cristina Garcia and Julia Alvarez have not abandoned politics, but are imagining creative strategies for revitalizing progressive thought through the market. In The First Study Of Latino/a Literature To Systematically Examine The Post-sixties Generation Of Writers, The Latino/a Canon And The Emergence Of Post-sixties Literature Challenges The Ways That Latino/a Literary Studies Imagines The Relationship Of Art, Politics, And The Market. Dalleo And Machado Saez Engage With The Major Critics From The Field To Dispute The Consensus View Of Latino/a Literature From The 1960s As Politically Committed And Resistant To The Market Versus The Literature Of The 1990s As Apolitical And Assimilationist Due To Its Commodification. This Study Argues That Post-sixties Writers Pedro Pietri, Ernesto Quinonez, Abraham Rodriguez, Junot Diaz, Angie Cruz, Cristina Garcia, And Julia Alvarez Have Not Abandoned Politics, But Are Imagining Creative Strategies For Revitalizing Progressive Thought Through The Market.--jacket. Sell Outs? Politics And The Market In Post-sixties Latino/a Literature -- Periodizing Latino/a Literature Through Pedro Pietri's Nuyorican Cityscapes -- Mercado Dreams: The End(s) Of Sixties Nostalgia In Contemporary Ghetto Fiction -- Movin' On Up And Out: Engaging Lowercase Latino/a Conversations With Junot Díaz And Angie Cruz -- Latino/a Identity And Consumer Citizenship In Christina Garcia's Dreaming In Cuban -- Writing In A Minor Key: Postcolonial And Post-civil Rights Histories In The Novels Of Julia Alvarez. By Raphael Dalleo And Elena Machado Sáez. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [187]-196) And Index. In the first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship of art, politics and the market. Dalleo and Machado S̀ez engage with the major critics from the field to dispute the consensus view of Latino/a literature from the 1960s as politically committed and resistant to the market versus the literature of the 1990s as apolitical and assimilationist due to its commodification. This study argues that post-Sixties writers Pedro Pietri, Ernesto Quįonez, Abraham Rodriguez, Junot D̕az, Angie Cruz, Cristina Garcia and Julia Alvarez have not abandoned politics, but are imagining creative strategies for revitalizing progressive thought through the market Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. In this first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, The Latino/a Canon challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship between art, politics, and the market.