Triangulations [[electronic resource] ] : narrative strategies for navigating latino identity / / David J. Vázquez

• Autore: Vázquez David J
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/868073
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Hispanic American authors - History and criticism; Narration (Rhetoric) - History; Identity (Psychology) in literature; Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity; National characteristics, Latin American; Transnationalism in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Notes on triangulation: navigating Latina/o identity -- Zigzagging through history: Ernesto Galarza, Jesús Colón, and the development of insurgent consciousness -- Crazy for the nation: Piri Thomas, Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, and the urban outlaw -- Remaking the insurgent vision: John Rechy, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and the limits of nationalist morality -- I can't be me without my people: triangulating historical trauma in the work of Julia Alvarez -- New millennial triangulations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Just as mariners use triangulation, mapping an imaginary triangle between two known positions and an unknown location, so, David J. Vázquez contends, Latino authors in late twentieth-century America employ the coordinates of familiar ideas of self to find their way to new, complex identities. Through this metaphor, Vázquez reveals how Latino autobiographical texts, written after the rise of cultural nationalism in the 1960's, challenge mainstream notions of individual identity and national belonging in the United States. In a traditional autobiographical work, the protagonist frequently opts...
• Titolo autorizzato: Triangulations
• ISBN: 1-4529-4731-7; 0-8166-7858-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457616003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical American studies series.