Hispanic Writers

Author : Nicol‡s Kanellos
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611922868
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Short Fiction By Hispanic Writers of the United States written by Nicol‡s Kanellos and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States includes representative works by the most celebrated Cuban-American, Mexican-American and Puerto Rican writers of short fiction in the country. The texts cover a full range of expression, themes and styles of US Hispanics and are introduced by informative entries which place the authors in their cultural and historic frameworks. In these pages, the reader will not find picturesque, folksy or touristy renditions of Hispanic culture. Instead, Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States brings together works that are clear, incisive and authentic representations of Hispanic life in the United States. The selections are as diverse as Hispanic culture itself and as varied as the personalities of their authors. Here are Max Mart’nezÕs outrageous challenge of racial and social structures, Roberta Fern‡ndezÕs construction of Hispanic womenÕs aesthetics, Roberto Fern‡ndezÕs subversion of the English language, Nicholasa MohrÕs humorous attack on patriarchy, and Judith Ortiz CoferÕs poetic evocation of childhood and biculturalism. This collection engages in aesthetic and cultural experience that will result in a re-defined canon and a new identity for the country as whole. They are re-focusing our perception of ourselves as a people and a culture. The pressure and the commitment to do so, of course, make for excellence and innovation in literary expression. It also makes for enjoyable reading. Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States is recommended for the general fiction reader and for use in high school and college literature classes in search of a multicultural perspective.

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313348073
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latina Writers written by Ilan Stavans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438113080
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hispanic-American Writers, New Edition written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of critical essays analyzing modern Hispanic American writers including Junot Diaz, Pat Mora, and Rudolfo Anaya.

Author : Roberta Fernàndez
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611921823
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States written by Roberta Fernàndez and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roberta Fernàndez has gathered the best and most representative examples of fiction, poetry, drama and essay currently being written by Latina writers of the United States. The work is arranged by genre, and topics are as varied as the voices and styles of the writers: the challenge of living in two cultures; experiencing marginality as a result of class, ethnicity, and/or gender; Latina feminism; the celebration of oneÍs culture and its people. Most of the pieces are in English and some are presented bilingually in English and Spanish. A preface and an introduction by the editor and a foreword by the noted critic of Latin American literature, Jean Franco, serve to contextualize the writers and their work; a primary and secondary bibliography serves as an appendix.

Author : Alan West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino and Latina Writers written by Alan West and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume bio-bibliographical and critical examination of numerous Cuban, Dominican, Chicano and Puerto Rican writers. Includes only authors who have published since 1960.

Author : Salem Press
Publisher : Magill's Choice
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notable Latino Writers written by Salem Press and published by Magill's Choice. This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys approximately 125 major U.S. Latino writers and world Spanish-language writers translated into English who have contributed to the rich heritage of Latino and Hispanic literature.

Author : Rigoberto Gonz‡lez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816528134
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Camino Del Sol written by Rigoberto Gonz‡lez and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring both established and first-time authors, this volume celebrates 15 years of books from the Camina del Sol series by bringing together some of the series' best work from voices that echo the entire spectrum of Latina/o writing, from Chicana/o to Puerto Rican to Brazilian-American, and take in themes ranging from migration to gender.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780791076972
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hispanic-American Writers written by Harold Bloom and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical perspectives on works by Rudolfo A. Anaya, Nash Candelaria, and Richard Rodriquez.

Author : Estrella Cibreiro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415626943
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Issues in Contemporary Hispanic Women's Writing written by Estrella Cibreiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolyn Tuttle led a group that interviewed 620 women maquila workers in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The responses from this representative sample refute many of the hopeful predictions made by scholars before NAFTA and reveal instead that little has improved for maquila workers. The women's stories make it plain that free trade has created more low-paying jobs in sweatshops where workers are exploited. Families of maquila workers live in one- or two-room houses with no running water, no drainage, and no heat. The multinational companies who operate the maquilas consistently break Mexican labor laws by requiring women to work more than nine hours a day, six days a week, without medical benefits, while the minimum wage they pay workers is insufficient to feed their families. These findings will make a crucial contribution to debates over free trade, CAFTA-DR, and the impact of globalization. The book visits continuities and discontinuities among Spanish and Latin American women with regards to the ways in which they approach writing as a political weapon: to express ecological concerns; to denounce social injustice; to re-articulate existing paradigms, such as local versus global, violence versus pacifism, immigrant versus citizen; and to raise consciousness about racist, sexist, and other discriminatory practices. Such use of writing as an instrument of ethical and political exploration is underlined throughout the different articles in the volume as the authors emphasize pluralism, social justice, gender equality, tolerance, and political representation. This book offers readers a broad perspective on the multiple ways in which Hispanic women writers are explicitly exploring the social, political, and, economic realities of our era and integrating global perspectives and gender concerns into their writing, highlighting the unprecedented level of sociopolitical engagement practiced by 20th and 21st century Hispanic women writers.

Author : A. Quintana
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403982252
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading U.S. Latina Writers written by A. Quintana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-03-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential teaching guide focuses on an emerging body of literature by U.S. Latina and Latin American Women writers. It will assist non-specialist educators in syllabus revision, new course design and classroom presentation. The inclusive focus of the book - that is, combining both US Latina and Latin American women writers - is significant because it introduces a more global and transnational way of approaching the literature. The introduction outlines the major historical experiences that inform the literature, the important genres, periods, movements and authors in its evolution; the traditions and influences that shape the works; and key critical issues of which teachers should be aware. The collection seeks to provide readers with a variety of Latina texts that will guarantee its long-term usefulness to teachers and students of pan-American literature. Because it is no longer possible to understand U.S. Latina literature without taking into consideration the histories and cultures of Latin America, the volume will, through its organization, argue for a more globalized type of analysis which considers the similarities as well as the differences in U.S. and Latin American women's cultural productions. In this context, the term Latina evokes a diasporic, transnational condition in order to address some of the pedagogical issues posed by the bicultural nature which is inherent in pan-American women's literature.