Books : Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies)
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 810.997295
EAN num: 9780295988245
ISBN number: 029598824X
Label: University of Washington Press
Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 361
Printing Date: 2008-04
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The sixteen essays in 'Writing Off the Hyphen' approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from current theoretical positions, with provocative and insightful results. The authors analyze how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality and how other themes emerging from post-colonialism and post-modernism come into play. Their critical work also demonstrates an understanding of how the process of migration and the relations between Puerto Rico and the United States complicate notions of cultural and national identity as writers confront their bilingual, bicultural, and transnational realities. The collection has considerable breadth and depth.It covers earlier, undertheorized writers such as Luisa Capetillo, Pedro Juan Labarthe, Bernardo Vega, Pura Belpre, Arturo Schomburg, and Graciany Miranda Archilla. Prominent writers such as Rosario Ferre and Judith Ortiz Cofer are discussed alongside often-neglected writers such as Honolulu-based Rodney Morales and gay writer Manuel Ramos Otero. The essays cover all the genres and demonstrate that current theoretical ideas and approaches create exciting opportunities and possibilities for the study of Puerto Rican diasporic literature. Jose L. Torres-Padilla is associate professor of English, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Carmen Haydee Rivera is associate professor of English, University of Puerto Rico.
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Jose L. Torres-Padilla and Carmen Haydee Rivera bring together a set of absolutely fascinating essays about Puerto Rican literature in the diaspora. This book fully challenges and expands our notions about Puerto Rican literature written outside of the island. It nicely complements and expands the work of such important scholars as Frances Aparicio, Juan Flores, Lisa Sánchez González, and Frances Negrón-Muntaner. A definite must-read for all scholars of Latina/o Cultural Studies.
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