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Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature.

After generations of being rendered virtually invisible by the US academy in critical anthologies and literary histories, writing by Latin Americans of African ancestry has become represented by a booming corpus of intellectual and critical investigation. This volume aims to provide an introduction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tillis, Antonio D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge studies on African and Black diaspora.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Antonio D. Tillis; Part I: Engaging the Transnational, Cosmopolitan and Postcolonial in Afro-Hispanic Texts; Introduction to Part I: Antonio D. Tillis; 1. Roots and Routes: Transnational Blackness in Afro-Costa Rican Literature: Dorothy E. Mosby; 2. Los nietos de Felicidad Dolores (The Grandchildren of Felicidad Dolores) and the Contemporary Afro-Hispanic Historical Novel: A Postcolonial Reading: Sonja Stephenson Watson.
  • 3. Cultural Transnationality and Cosmopolitanism in the Poetic Journeys of Nancy Morejón: Antonio D. TillisPart II: Africa and African Cosmology and Literary Tradition in Hispanic (Con) Texts; Introduction to Part II: Antonio D. Tillis; 4. Yoruba Cosmology as Technique in Malambo by Lucía Charún-Illescas: Aida L. Heredia; 5. Myth, Legend & Reality Redesigning the Narrative Style in Manuel Zapata Olivella's Hemingway, the Death Stalker: Cristina Cabral; 6. Nicomedes Santa Cruz and Black Cultural Traditions in Peru: Renovating and Decolonising the National Imaginary: Martha Ojeda.
  • 7. Bridging Literary Traditions in the Hispanic World: Equatorial Guinean Drama and the Dictatorial Cultural-Political Order: Elisa RizoPart III: Defining and Redefining Identities in Latin American Literature; Introduction to Part III: Antonio D. Tillis; 8. Black, Woman, Poor: The Many Identities of Conceição Evaristo: Ana Beatriz Rodrigues Gonçalves; 9. The Triumph Within: Carolina Maria de Jesus and Strategies for Black Female Empowerment in Brazil: Dawn Duke; 10. Talking Back with Ana Lydia Vega: Identity, Gender and the Subversive Portrayal of Mestizaje: Emmanuel Harris, II.
  • 11. Dialogically Redefining the Nation: Hip-hop and the Collective Identity: Lesley FerachoContributors; Index.