Latino Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students

Latino Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students
ISBN-10
1440875928
ISBN-13
9781440875922
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2023-03-31
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Authors
Christina Soto van der Plas, Lacie Rae Buckwalter Cunningham

Description

More then 60 million Latinos currently live in the United States. Yet contributions from writers who trace their heritage to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico have and continue to be overlooked by critics and general audiences alike. Latino Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students gathers the best from these authors and presents them to readers in an informed and accessible way. Intended to be a useful resource for students, this volume introduces the key figures and genres central to Latino literature. Entries are written by prominent and emerging scholars and are comprehensive in their coverage of the 19th, 20th, and 21rst centuries. Different critical approaches inform and interpret the myriad complexities of Latino literary production over the last several hundred years. Finally, detailed historical and cultural accounts of Latino diasporas also enrich readers' understandings of the writings that have and continue to be influenced by changes in cultural geography, providing readers with the information they need to appreciate a body of work that will continue to flourish in and alongside Latino communities.

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