Overview
- Brings contemporary U.S. Latino literature in Spanish to the forefront
- Examines authors from a variety of different backgrounds
- Offers a new perspective on the term 'Americas'
Part of the book series: Literatures of the Americas (LOA)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume fills this space by bringing contemporary U.S. Latinx literature in Spanish to the forefront of the field. The essays focus on literary production post-1960 and examine texts by authors from different backgrounds writing from the U.S., providing readers with an opportunity to explore new texts in Spanish within U.S. Latinx literature, and a departure point for starting a meaningful critical discourse about what it means to write and publish in Spanish in the U.S. Through exploring literary production in a language that is both emotionally and politically charged for authors, the academia, and the U.S., this book challenges and enhances our understanding of the term ‘Americas’.
Reviews
“The editors and authors of this volume succeed in mapping the contours of an evolving and increasingly variable field. … Overall, the volume clearly articulates the problems of English-only approaches to Latinx texts and clears space for future projects centred on the vital and strategic role of Spanish in Latinx literature.” (Marlene Hansen Esplin, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Vol. 97 (3), 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez is Professor at Georgian Court University, USA, where she teaches a variety of courses on Latin American and Latinx literature, culture, and the Spanish language. She received her M.A. from Middlebury College through their graduate program in Madrid, Spain. She earned her Ph.D in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Michele Shaul is the Director of the Center for Latino Studies and Professor of Spanish at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, NC, USA. She is co-founder and co-editor of the e-journal Label Me Latina/o and is involved in several arts projects such as ARTE LATINO NOW. She received her M.A. from the University of Florida and her Ph.D from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary U.S. Latinx Literature in Spanish
Book Subtitle: Straddling Identities
Editors: Amrita Das, Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez, Michele Shaul
Series Title: Literatures of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02598-4
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02597-7Published: 29 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02598-4Published: 19 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-601X
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6028
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 135
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Latin American/Caribbean Literature, Comparative Literature, Language and Literature