ABSTRACT

Latino/a literature is one of the fastest developing fields in the discipline of literary studies. It represents an identity that is characterized by fluidity and diversity, often explored through divisions formed by language, race, gender, sexuality, and immigration.

The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature and analyses:

  • Regional, cultural and sexual identities in Latino/a literature
  • Worldviews and traditions of Latino/a cultural creation
  • Latino/a literature in different international contexts
  • The impact of differing literary forms of Latino/a literature
  • The politics of canon formation in Latino/a literature.

This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of the field. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present and future of this literary culture.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

BySUZANNE BOST, FRANCES R. APARICIO

part |2 pages

PART I Identities

chapter 1|12 pages

Latinidad

ByMARTA CAMINERO-SANTANGELO

chapter 2|9 pages

Mestizaje

ByRAFAEL PÉREZ-TORRES

chapter 3|12 pages

Afro-Latino/a Literature and Identity

ByWILLIAM LUIS

chapter 4|9 pages

Urban Spaces

ByRAÚL HOMERO VILLA

chapter 5|12 pages

Feminisms

ByPATRICIA MARINA TRUJILLO

chapter 6|8 pages

Masculinities

ByJENNIFER DOMINO RUDOLPH

chapter 7|9 pages

Queerness

BySANDRA K. SOTO

chapter 8|11 pages

Illness

BySUZANNE BOST

chapter 10|9 pages

Latino/a Literature in Western Europe

chapter 11|8 pages

Latino/a Literary Studies in Siberia

chapter 12|7 pages

Latina/o Literature in the Arab World

ByDALIA M. A. GOMAA

part |2 pages

PART II Worldviews

chapter 13|10 pages

Citizenship

ByBELINDA LINN RINCÓN AND SUZANNE OBOLER

chapter 14|9 pages

Marxist Literary Criticism

ByMATHIAS NILGES

chapter 15|10 pages

Neoliberalism

ByKRISTY L. ULIBARRI

chapter 16|10 pages

Nationalism

ByJOHN ALBA CUTLER

chapter 17|10 pages

Transnationalism

ByELIZABETH RUSS

chapter 18|13 pages

Indigeneity

ByGEORGE HARTLEY

chapter 19|10 pages

Environmentalism

ByGRISEL Y. ACOSTA

part |2 pages

PART III Traditions

chapter 20|9 pages

Negotiating Language

ByALLISON E. FAGAN

chapter 21|13 pages

Latino/a Literature and the Uses of Folklore

ByMARÍA EUGENIA COTERA

chapter 22|11 pages

Popular Music

ByFRANCES R. APARICIO

chapter 23|11 pages

Spirituality

ByTHERESA DELGADILLO

chapter 24|10 pages

Culinary Encounters in Latino/a Literature

ByMEREDITH E. ABARCA

chapter 25|12 pages

Themes in Latino/a Visual Art

ByCONSTANCE CORTEZ

part |2 pages

PART IV Literary Forms

chapter 26|10 pages

Teatro

ByJON D. ROSSINI

chapter 27|14 pages

Poetry URAYOÁN NOEL

chapter 28|11 pages

Novel

ByDAVID J. VÁZQUEZ

chapter 29|13 pages

Memoir, Autobiography, Testimonio

ByNORMA E. CANTÚ

chapter 30|11 pages

Revistas

ByROBERTA FERNÁNDEZ

chapter 31|8 pages

Magical Realism

ByFREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA

chapter 32|9 pages

Chica Lit

ByTACE HEDRICK

chapter 33|10 pages

Science Fiction

ByEMILY A. MAGUIRE

chapter 34|14 pages

Comics

ByFREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA

chapter 35|8 pages

Children’s Literature

ByMARY PAT BRADY

part |2 pages

PART V Canons

chapter 36|11 pages

The Formation of a Latino/a Canon

ByRAPHAEL DALLEO AND ELENA MACHADO SÁEZ

chapter 37|10 pages

Chicano/a Literature

ByHÉCTOR CALDERÓN

chapter 38|7 pages

Boricua Literature

ByLISA SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ

chapter 39|10 pages

Cuban-American Literature

ByRICARDO L. ORTÍZ

chapter 40|13 pages

Dominican-American Literature

BySILVIO TORRES-SAILLANT

chapter 41|9 pages

South American Latino/a Writers in the United States

ByJUANITA HEREDIA

chapter 42|9 pages

Literatures of Central Americans in the United States

ByANA PATRICIA RODRÍGUEZ

chapter 43|8 pages

Literature of the Borderlands

ByMARÍA-SOCORRO TABUENCA CÓRDOBA

chapter 44|14 pages

Thirty Years of Chicana/Latina Lesbian Literary Production

ByALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA

chapter 45|9 pages

Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage

ByJOSÉ F. ARANDA, JR

chapter 46|10 pages

Authors, Readers, and the Mediations of Print Culture

ByKIRSTEN SILVA GRUESZ

chapter 47|11 pages

Censorship and Latino/a Texts

ByLAURA HALPERIN