{"product_id":"on-latinidad-u-s-latino-literature-and-the-construction-of-ethnicity-paperback","title":"On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarta Caminero-Santangelo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to address head-on the question of how Latino\/a literature wrestles with the pan-ethnic and trans-racial implications of the \"Latino\" label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to take \u003ci\u003elatinidad \u003c\/i\u003e(Latino-ness) for granted, Marta Caminero-Santangelo lays the groundwork for a sophisticated understanding of the various manifestations of \"Latino\" identity. She examines texts by prominent Chicano\/a, Dominican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers--including Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garc a, Achy Obejas, Piri Thomas, and Ana Castillo--and concludes that a pre-existing \"group\" does not exist. The author instead argues that much recent Latino\/a literature presents a vision of tentative, forged solidarities in the service of particular and sometimes even local struggles. She shows that even magical realism can figure as a threat to collectivity, rather than as a signifier of it, because magical connections--to nature, between characters, and to Latin American origins--can undermine efforts at solidarity and empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the author's close reading of both fictional and cultural narratives, she suggests the possibility that Latino identity may be even more elastic than the authors under question recognize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarta Caminero-Santangelo is associate professor of English at the University of Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130646401159,"sku":"9780813034485","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e85309f07a0dae582d6bc66b9e94a68a.webp?v=1732612620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/on-latinidad-u-s-latino-literature-and-the-construction-of-ethnicity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}