Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican DiasporaJose L. Torres-Padilla, Carmen Haydee Rivera The sixteen essays in Writing Off the Hyphen approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from current theoretical positions, with provocative and insightful results. The authors analyze how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality and how other themes emerging from postcolonialism and postmodernism come into play. Their critical work also demonstrates an understanding of how the process of migration and the relations between Puerto Rico and the United States complicate notions of cultural and national identity as writers confront their bilingual, bicultural, and transnational realities. |
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... Lagoon 239 KELLIKELLI LYONLYON JOHNSONJOHNSON 12 Translating “Home” in the Work of Judith Ortiz Cofer 256 JOANNAJOANNA BARSZEWSKABARSZEWSKA MARSHALLMARSHALL 13 Getting There and Back: The Road, the Journey, and Home in Nuyorican ...
... Lagoon, Rosario Ferré develops a historical consciousness by claiming Puerto Rico and its collective memory for Puerto Ricans and their families both on and off the island while she creates a new center of Puerto Rican identity ...
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Contents
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Political and Historical | 105 |
Identity and Place | 163 |
Home | 237 |
Gender | 293 |
Contributors | 351 |
Index | 355 |