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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... tradition in diaspora and for always supporting and nurturing my diasporic spirit in constant vaivén, now resettled in Borinquén. To my husband—Axel I. López—for our migrations and return migration, for his loving companionship and ...
... Imperial Struggle 201 MARITZAMARITZA STANCHICHSTANCHICH 10 Tato Laviera's Parody of La carreta: Reworking a Tradition of Docility 221 JOHNJOHN WALDRONWALDRON Home PARTPART IVIV 11 Writing Home: Mapping Puerto Rican Collective.
... traditions, customs, and language, and by their social struggles and efforts to obtain the coveted benefits of the “American Dream.” The author who best captures the crude realities and contradictions of this historical era with ...
... traditions and audience participation while at the same time emphasizing and showcasing the immediacy of their civil rights struggles. The works of Algarín, Piñero, Sandra María Esteves, and Pedro Pietri, among ... tradition Introduction 7.
... tradition of communication,” that fits their diasporic condition. The poets must harness this new idiom to the political necessities of their people: “The Nuyorican poet fights with words” (24). Despite its aimless political posing, the ...
Contents
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Political and Historical | 105 |
Identity and Place | 163 |
Home | 237 |
Gender | 293 |
Contributors | 351 |
Index | 355 |