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Junot Díaz : on the half-life of love /

"José David Saldivar's Junot Díaz is a literary study that takes a prismatic approach to the works and life of the Afro-Latino artist. Saldivar carefully traces the various themes and life events that influenced Díaz's writing-from childhood trauma to immigrant life to unusual writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saldívar, José David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Wrestling with J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings," or, How Junot Díaz thinks about coloniality, power, and the speculative genres
  • Planet MFA's "Negocios"
  • Planet people of color's Drown
  • Becoming "Oscar Wao"
  • Junot Díaz's search for decolonial love
  • Conclusion and coda: "Monstro" and Islandborn.