Junot Díaz : On the Half-Life of Love /

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"Jose 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 writi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saldívar, Jose David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Díaz, Junot, > 1968- > Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao.
Díaz, Junot, > 1968- > Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies.
Decolonization in literature.
Dominican Americans in literature.
Literary criticism.
Electronic books.
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.

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