Description
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 history. Interested in conceptualizing Diaz's decolonial imagination and his radically re-envisioned world, the contributors show how his aesthetic and activist practice reflect a significant shift in American letters toward a hemispheric and planetary culture. They examine the intersections of race, Afro-Latinidad, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, and power in Diaz's work. Essays in the volume explore issues of narration, language, and humor in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the racialized constructions of gender and sexuality in Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, and the role of the zombie in the short story "Monstro." Collectively, they situate Diaz's writing in relation to American and Latin American literary practices and reveal the author's activist investments. The volume concludes with Paula Moya's interview with Diaz.
Contributors: Glenda R. Carpio, Arlene Davila, Lyn Di Iorio, Junot Diaz, Monica Hanna, Jennifer Harford Vargas, Ylce Irizarry, Claudia Milian, Julie Avril Minich, Paula M. L. Moya, Sarah Quesada, Jose David Saldivar, Ramon Saldivar, Silvio Torres-Saillant, Deborah R. Vargas
About the Author
Monica Hanna is Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Fullerton.
Jennifer Harford Vargas is Assistant Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College.
Jose David Saldivar is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and the author of Trans-Americanity: Subaltern Modernities, Global Coloniality, and the Cultures of Greater Mexico, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews
"Essential reading for casual readers as well as students and scholars of Junot Diaz's literary production." -- Marisel Moreno * Modern Fiction Studies *
"A groundbreaking publication which unpacks the levels of complexity of Diaz's writing and paves the way for future lines of inquiry into his work." -- Laura Gallon * Textual Practice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780822360339
Author Monica Hanna
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 612g
Contributors: Glenda R. Carpio, Arlene Davila, Lyn Di Iorio, Junot Diaz, Monica Hanna, Jennifer Harford Vargas, Ylce Irizarry, Claudia Milian, Julie Avril Minich, Paula M. L. Moya, Sarah Quesada, Jose David Saldivar, Ramon Saldivar, Silvio Torres-Saillant, Deborah R. Vargas
About the Author
Monica Hanna is Assistant Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Fullerton.
Jennifer Harford Vargas is Assistant Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College.
Jose David Saldivar is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and the author of Trans-Americanity: Subaltern Modernities, Global Coloniality, and the Cultures of Greater Mexico, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews
"Essential reading for casual readers as well as students and scholars of Junot Diaz's literary production." -- Marisel Moreno * Modern Fiction Studies *
"A groundbreaking publication which unpacks the levels of complexity of Diaz's writing and paves the way for future lines of inquiry into his work." -- Laura Gallon * Textual Practice *
Book Information
ISBN 9780822360339
Author Monica Hanna
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 612g
