Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican DiasporaJosé L. Torres-Padilla, Carmen Haydée 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. The collection has considerable breadth and depth. It covers earlier, undertheorized writers such as Luisa Capetillo, Pedro Juan Labarthe, Bernardo Vega, Pura Belpré, Arturo Schomburg, and Graciany Miranda Archilla. Prominent writers such as Rosario Ferré and Judith Ortiz Cofer are discussed alongside often-neglected writers such as Honolulu-based Rodney Morales and gay writer Manuel Ramos Otero. The essays cover all the genres and demonstrate that current theoretical ideas and approaches create exciting opportunities and possibilities for the study of Puerto Rican diasporic literature. |
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... Ferré engages this debate about sites of memory through the house of the novel's title . As a " true abode , " the ... Ferré's novel , collective memory is both mutable and flexible in its location and incar- nation . Throughout the ...
... Ferré uses those connections and disconnec- tions to privilege literature - specifically , women's literature - over his- tory as a wellspring of collective memory for the Mendizabales and for Puerto Ricans . Ferré reveals writing to be ...
... Ferré , " Caribe 3 ( Winter 2000 ) : 59 ( “ takes in a symbol of Puerto Rico " ) . 14. Bridgit Kevane and Juanita Heredia , “ A Side View : An Interview with Rosario Ferré , " in Latina Self - Portraits : Interviews with Contemporary ...
Contents
Earlier Voices | 16 |
Early Puerto Rican Writing in the United | 31 |
Luisa Capetillo Anarchy and Boricua | 52 |
Copyright | |
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