Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : pluralism in US Latino literature : a historical perspective / Carlota Caulfield, Darién J. Davis -- Resistance, revolution, and recuperation : the literary production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano / Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez -- The importance of being Sandra (Cisneros) / Eva Paulino Bueno -- The island as mainland and the revolving door motif : contemporary Puerto Rican literature of the United States / Patricia M. Montilla -- Am I who I am? : identity games in US Cuban literature / Jorge Febles -- Afro-Cuban identity in the theater of the diaspora / Armando González-Pérez -- Between the island and the tenements : new directions in Dominican-American literature / Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez -- Three central American writers : alone between two cultures / Vincent Spina -- American dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro : on the crossroads of cultural identities in Brazilian-American literature / Antonio Luciano De Andrade Tosta -- Argentine writers in the US : writing south, living north / Sergio Waisman -- A balancing act : Latin American Jewish literature in the United States (or towards a Jewish-Latino literature) / Lydia M. Gil -- US Latina Caribbean women poets : an overview / Carlota Caulfield -- The Latino film experience in history : a dialogue among texts and collaborators / Darién J. Davis.
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