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Author:

Luis, William.

Title:

Dance between two cultures : Latino Caribbean literature written in the United States / William Luis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Vanderbilt University Press,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

xxii, 352 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Caribbean Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-335) and index.

Contents:

Setting new roots : Latino Caribbean literature in the United States -- Puerto Rican American poetry : street rhythms and voices of the people -- Puerto Ricans in New York : memoirs of Bernardo Vega and Piri Thomas's Down these mean streets -- Cuban American poetry : the Cuban American divide -- Master codes of Cuban and Cuban-American culture : Oscar Hijuelos's The mambo kings play songs of love and Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban -- Dominican American poetry : culture in the middest -- Search for identity in Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia girls lost their accents -- Postmeditation on Latino, race, and identity.

ISBN:

9780826513021 (alk. paper)
0826513026 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

97021192

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids) — 810.9/868729

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)