Latinidad at the crossroads : insights into Latinx identity in the twenty-first century / / edited by Amanda Ellen Gerke and Luisa María González Rodríguez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794678303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 90-04-46043-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Critical approaches to ethnic American literature ; ; Volume 8
• Disciplina: 810.9868073
• Soggetti: American literature - Hispanic American authors - History and criticism; United States Civilization Hispanic influences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Puerto Rican discovery #3 : not neither / Sandra María Esteves -- Introduction: Revisiting Latinidad in the 21st century / Amanda Ellen Gerke and Luisa María González Rodríguez -- Seismic shifts in Chicano(a) literature leading into the twenty-first century : are Latinos(as) now coasting or still breaking new ground? / Francisco A. Lomelí -- Digging through the past to reconcile race and Latinx identity in Dominican-American women's memoirs / Luisa María González Rodríguez -- Dominicans and the political realm of Latinidad in New York City / Fernando Aquino -- Identity, de-colonization and cosmopolitanism in (Afro)Latina artists' spoken word performances / Esther Álvarez López -- Encarnaciones cubanas : Elías Miguel Muñoz and queering of the Latina(o) canon / Ylce Irizarry -- Revisiting La frontera : Consuelo Jiménez Underwood and Ana Teresa Fernández / Ewa Antoszek -- Borders and immigration revisiting canonical Chicano literature under Trump's regime / José Antonio Gurpegui.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Latinidad at the Crossroad: Insights into Latinx identity in the Twenty-First Century Gerke and González Rodríguez provide flashing glimpses into the ways in which Latinas/os struggle to forge their multiracial and multicultural identities within their own communities and in mainstream U.S. society. This volume encompasses an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex range of latinidades that ; confronts stereotypical connotations, and simultaneously advocates a more flexible (re)definition that may overcome static collective representations of identity, ethnicity and belonging. Well-positioned in the current political context, the notion of latinidad is examined as a complex sociological phenomenon of identity-construction which is affected by outside influences and is used as a powerful linguistic, cultural and ideological weapon to denounce oppression and deconstruct stereotypes. Including chapters from foundational and influential scholars, this collection moves towards a dynamic exploration of how Latinx are remapping their identity positions in twenty-first century America. Contributors: Francisco A. Lomelí, José Antonio Gurpegui, Esther Álvarez López, Ylce Irizarry, Luisa María González Rodríguez, Ewa Antoszek, Fernando Aquino.