Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Contextualizing Black and Latinx literatures -- Convergences in Black and Latinx literary histories through publishing: beginnings to 1970s -- Imagining an independent nation: archetypal revolutionaries in the theater of Amiri Baraka and Luis Valdez -- Fighting for one's country: World War II soldiers of color in the fiction of James Baldwin and Rudolfo Anaya -- Arguing for inclusion: cultural identity and the literary tradition in the essays of Ralph Ellison and Richard Rodriguez -- Struggles in the fields: communities of color in the narratives of Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes -- The decline of the city: naturalizing the Black and Latinx urban underclass in the short fiction of Edward P. Jones and Junot Díaz -- Conclusion: Black and Latinx writers in the twenty-first century: the visibility of the few and the exclusion of the many.
Summary:
"Analyzes the convergences of Black and Latinx literature-including works by Amiri Baraka, Luis Valdez, James Baldwin, Rudolfo Anaya, Ralph Ellison, Richard Rodriguez, Alice Walker, Helena María Viramontes, Edward P. Jones, and Junot Díaz-and how writers from both traditions fought against social, cultural, and literary marginalization"-- Provided by publisher.
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