Hispanic & Latino

Thresholds of Illiteracy reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of "illiteracy" as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. "Illiteracy," Acosta claims,...

Alurista. Gary Soto. Bernice Zamora. Jose Montoya. These names, luminous to some, remain unknown to those who have not yet discovered the rich variety of late twentieth century Chicano poetry. With the flowering of the Chicano Movement in the...

The Spanish-American War of 1898 seems to mark a turning point in both geopolitical and literary histories. The victorious American empire ascended and began its cultural domination of the globe in the twentieth century, while the once-mighty Spanish...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which transferred more than a third of Mexico’s territory to the United States, deferred full U.S. citizenship for Mexican Americans but promised, “in the mean time,” to protect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825352158Author Marc PrieweFormat HardbackPage Count 267Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 4119g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978827868Author Israel ReyesFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.Book InformationISBN...

Available in paperback for the first time, this book brings an original and innovative approach to a much-misunderstood aspect of the Cuban Revolution: the place of literature and the creation of a literary culture. Based on over 100 interviews with a...

Capitalism and its Discontents presents a series of interpretative essays on a number of key modern and contemporary Latin American novels and films. The overarching theme in the essays is the relation between such textual materials and their regional...

This is a timely book that, through an insightful exploration of recent art (literary and visual texts) created by members of the Latinx community, places emphasis on social bonds and forms of conviviality that run counter to contemporary anti-Latinx...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978827851Author Israel ReyesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Since its publication in 1929, the story of Dona Barbara has haunted the collective Latin-American imagination, and has been adapted variously both for the small and big screen. Dona Barbara Unleashed explores how Romulo Gallegos's original story has...

Thresholds of Illiteracy reevaluates Latin American theories and narratives of cultural resistance by advancing the concept of "illiteracy" as a new critical approach to understanding scenes or moments of social antagonism. "Illiteracy," Acosta claims,...

In this innovative study, Positive Pollutions and Cultural Toxins, John Blair Gamber examines urbanity and the results of urban living-traffic, garbage, sewage, waste, and pollution-arguing for a new recognition of all forms of human detritus as part of...

Professor Fraker argues that the "Celestina", however original or singular, does not embody a new discourse, and falls easily within the literary norms of its time. Thus on the one hand it belongs to a genre, comedy, the term taken in a sense perfectly...

Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.Book InformationISBN 9780729300247Author Ian MacphersonFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Tamesis BooksPublisher Boydell & Brewer LtdWeight(grams) 450g

The first sustained critical examination of the work of Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz, this interdisciplinary collection considers how Diaz's writing illuminates the world of Latino cultural expression and trans-American and diasporic literary...

The many lenses of racism through which the white imagination sees Mexicans and Chicanos Historically, ideas of whiteness and Americanness have been built on the backs of racialized communities. The legacy of anti-Mexican stereotypes stretches back to...

Juan Ruiz's Libro de Buen Amor is one of the major literary accomplishments of the Iberian middle ages, and has generated an extensive secondary bibliography. Its uniqueness and diversity have thrilled and perplexed readers, and its influence continues...

Valle-Inclan considered as actor, director and playwright, with bibliography of his plays. Daring, innovative, controversial, often satirical, a dramatist ahead of his time, Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936) was one of Spain's 'Generation of 1898',...

En 1639 el escribano madrileno Juan Garcia de Albertos fue nombrado Escribano de la Comision de las comedias. Sus protocolos notariales contienen mas de 2.000 escrituras relacionadas con actores y actividad teatral de 1634 a 1660. Esta riquisima...

Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.Book InformationISBN 9780729300100Author A. Gordon KinderFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Tamesis BooksPublisher Boydell & Brewer LtdWeight(grams) 254g

In Junot Diaz: On the Half-Life of Love, Jose David Saldivar offers a critical examination of one of the leading American writers of his generation. He explores Diaz's imaginative work and the diasporic and immigrant world he inhabits, showing how his...

A shift of global proportions occurred in May 1808. Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain and deposed the Spanish king. Overnight, the Hispanic world was transformed forever. Hispanics were forced to confront modernity, and to look beyond monarchy and...

This volume, documenting the linguistic and cultural diversity of Latino literary output in the United States, offers an exciting introduction for non-specialist readers. Unique in its scope and perspective, it focuses on various literary genres, and...

The focus of this book falls less on performance and more on how the playtext may be approached from a theatrical viewpoint. In the theatre, the playtext, addressed traditionally to the theatre professional rather than the average reader, is usually read...

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Language of the Texts Tapsir The Texts Glossary Photographs of the Texts Bibliography and AbbreviationsBook InformationISBN 9780729301213Author Consuelo Lopez-MorillasFormat HardbackPage...

One of the threads that runs through Elena Poniatowska's oeuvre is that of foreigners who have fallen in love with Mexico and its people. This is certainly the case of Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela - a brief novel (so short it was originally published...

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This book presents a study of the figure of the stranger in US Latinx literary and cultural forms, ranging from contemporary novels through essays to film and transborder art activism. The focus on this abject figure is twofold: first, to explore its...

The acquisition of Puerto Rico as a colony in 1898 prompted the interest of many in the United States-the military, correspondents, investors, missionaries, politicians, scientists, and tourists. Wanting to know more about Puerto Rico, its inhabitants,...

The acquisition of Puerto Rico as a colony in 1898 prompted the interest of many in the United States-the military, correspondents, investors, missionaries, politicians, scientists, and tourists. Wanting to know more about Puerto Rico, its inhabitants,...