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Autore |
Heredia Juanita |
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Titolo |
Mapping South American Latina/O literature in the United States : interviews with contemporary writers / / Juanita Heredia |
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New York, New York : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, , [2018] |
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�2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 238 pages) |
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Collana |
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Literatures of the Americas, , 2634-6028 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hispanic Americans in literature |
Hispanic American authors |
Authors, American |
Authorship |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction: Mapping South American Latinidad in the United States -- 2. The Task of the Translator: Daniel Alarcón -- 3. Bridges across Lima and Washington D.C.: Marie Arana -- 4. Dreaming in Brazilian: Kathleen De Azevedo -- 5. It Takes Two to Tango across Montevideo and California: Carolina De Robertis -- 6. Traveling the Caribbean, Colombia, and the U.S.: Patricia Engel -- 7. My Poetic Feminism between Peru and the U.S.: Carmen Giménez Smith -- 8. Gender and Spirituality in Colombia, Cuba and New Jersey: Daisy Hernández -- 9. The Colombiano of Greenwich Village: Jaime Manrique -- 10. A Meditation on Parenting from Syria to Peru to the U.S: Farid Matuk -- 11. From Dirty Wars in Argentina and Latvia to Listening to Music: Julie Sophia Paegle -- 12. Writing the Chilena NuYorker Experience: Mariana Romo-Carmona -- 13. Returning to the Fervor of Buenos Aires from the U.S.: Sergio Waisman. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of interviews demonstrates that U.S. Latinas/os of South American background have contributed pioneering work to U.S. Latina/o literature and culture in the twenty-first century. In conversation with twelve significant authors of South American descent in the United States, Juanita Heredia reveals that, through their |
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transnational experiences, they have developed multicultural identities throughout different regions and cities across the country. However, these authors' works also exemplify a return to their heritage in South America through memory and travel, often showing that they maintain strong cultural and literary ties across national borders. As such, they have created a new chapter in trans-American history by finding new ways of imagining South America from their formation and influences in the U.S. |
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