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Latina Writers de Ilan Stavans

Latina Writers: The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization

Editat de Ilan Stavans
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iun 2008 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Latina literature is one of the fastest growing areas of American literature today, and the impact Latina writers have had on the literary scene is undeniable. This volume features the most significant articles including peer-review essays, interviews, and reviews to bring together the best scholarship on Latina writers ever compiled. Learn about these authors' lives and extraordinary careers, as well as the social and political issues their works address.10 signed articles, essays, and interviews are included in the volume, which encourage readers to examine Latina writers from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, border, linguistic, and pan-American studies. Also featured is an introduction by Ilan Stavans, one of the foremost authorities on Latino culture, to provide historical background and cultural context and suggestions for further reading to aid students in their research.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313348068
ISBN-10: 0313348065
Pagini: 148
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria The Ilan Stavans Library of Latino Civilization

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Ilan Stavans has been called the czar of Latino culture in the United States by the New York Times and Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast by the Washington Post. Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Latino Literature Prize, the Antonia Pantoja Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, and the Ruben Dario Distinction. He earned an Emmy nomination as host of the PBS show La Plaza: Conversations with Ilan Stavans. He has taught at Columbia University, Oberlin College, and Smith College, among other institutions. He is the author of numerous titles including Encyclopedia Latina (2005) and the forthcoming Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latin Music.

Cuprins

ContentsSeries ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. AppreciationsSaddling La Gringa: Major Themes in the Works of Latina WritersChicana Feminist CriticismWhat Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Fat: The Language of Food in Latina LiteratureNew Ways of Telling: Latinas' Narratives of Exile and ReturnGloria Anzaldas Queer MestisajeForm over ContentII.TestimoniosBetween the Milkman and the Fax Machine: Challenges to Women Writers in the CaribbeanAttempting Perfection: An Interview with Judith Ortiz CoferWrite These Messages That ComeAnd Frida Looks Back: The Art of Latina/o Queer HeroicsConversations with Ilan StavansSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

Recenzii

This collection of 11 essays and interviews examines the craft and themes within the works of a variety of Latina authors..This volume will best serve serious students of Latina literature from the past 20 years.
Latina Writers is a collection of 11 essays and interviews that examine the craft and themes in the works of several Latina authors of diverse heritages who trace their roots to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Gloria Anzaldua, the Chicana author and critic, is the subject of several essays, and the book includes interviews with Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiago. The essays address such themes as feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, the border, linguistics, images of food, and perspectives on being queer and Latina.
Students of literature and culture will find this volume interesting. Academic Libraries supporting Latino studies, women's studies and comparative literature programs will want to add it to their collections.