U.S. Latino literature : a critical guide for students and teachers / edited by Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernández Olmos under the auspices of the Mercantile Library of New York
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| Subjects: | American literature--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism Hispanic Americans in literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | Introduction 1. Literary Strategies in Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's The Account / Harold Augenbraum 1 2. Trials and Tribulations: The Life and Works of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton / Beatrice Pita 11 3. Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets: Writing as a Nuyorican/Puerto Rican Strategy for Survival / Asela Rodriguez de Laguna 21 4. Un Mundo Entero: Tomas Rivera and His World / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon 31 5. Historical and Magical, Ancient and Contemporary: The World of Rudolfo A. Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima / Margarite Fernandez Olmos 39 6. The Self as Cultural Metaphor: Oscar "Zeta" Acosta's The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo / Genaro M. Padilla 55 7. Adapting, Not Assimilating: Edward Rivera's Family Installments / Alfredo Villanueva-Collado 71 8. Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory and the Rejection of the Private Self / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 81 9. Teaching Oscar Hijuelos' Our House in the Last World / Gustavo Perez Firmat 93 10. Female Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street / Myrna-Yamil Gonzalez 101 11. The Dominican-American Bildungsroman: Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents / Heather Rosario-Sievert 113 12. In Context: Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza / Hector A. Torres 123 13. Writing a Life: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago / Aileen Schmidt 135 14. Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli / Rafael Ocasio 145 15. Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban: The Contested Domains of Politics, Family, and History / Iraida H. Lopez 153 16. Junot Diaz's Drown: Revisiting "Those Mean Streets" / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert 163 17. Using Latina Poetry in the Classroom / Bryce Milligan 175 18. Borders and Birthrights: Watching Cheech Marin's Born in East L.A. / Chon A. Noriega 187 App. A. Sample Course Outline of U.S. Latino Literature 201 App. B. Latino Gay and Lesbian Authors and Their Works 203 App. C. Latino Literary Resources on the World Wide Web 204 App. D. Other Areas of Independent Study 206 Index 209 About the Editors and Contributors 213 |
| Alternate Titles: | US Latino literature United States Latino literature |
| Additional Authors: | Augenbraum, Harold Fernández Olmos, Margarite Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York |
| Notes: | LCCN: 99462065 ISBN: 0313311374 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 215 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 43296870 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0313311374 |