Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-200) and index.
Contents:
Introduction to Shaming into brown: somatic transactions of race in Latina/o literature -- Latin@/x literature and the human sensorium -- Soma as viscera in Oscar "Zeta" Acosta's The autobiography of a brown buffalo -- The ugly soma speaks out in Octavio Solis's Lydia -- The political work of Sophia: the blessed soma, the conversion narrative, and shame in Andres Montoya's The iceworker sings and other poems -- Conclusion: The soma and transdisciplinary beginnings.
Summary:
"Theorizes shame and analyzes U.S. cultural practices of racializing shame through an examination of scenes of racialization in Latinx literature"-- Provided by publisher.
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