{"product_id":"coming-of-age-in-the-bonnie-bonnie-wasserman-9781648250286","title":"Coming of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel: Blackness, Religion, Immigration","description":"The centuries-old European genre of the coming-of-age story has been transformed by contemporary Afro-Latin American novelists to address key aspects of the diaspora in various nations of the Caribbean and Latin America. While attention to Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Brazilian literature has increased in recent decades, few critics have focused specifically on the Afro-Latin American \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman, \u003c\/i\u003eand fewer still have addressed novels from both Spanish- and Brazilian-speaking regions, as author Bonnie Wasserman does in this study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe memory and continuing impact of slavery especially shape these coming-of-age stories. Often interwoven with race is a focus on religion, particularly the importance of African folk religions and traditions in the lives of young people. Immigration-and the return journey-is another important theme in the novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses works-all published around the turn of the 21st century-by such important writers as Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Mayra Santos-Febres (from Puerto Rico), Concei鈬o Evaristo and Paulo Lins (from Brazil); Teresa Cardenas and Pedro P駻ez Sarduy (from Cuba); and Junot Diaz and Rita Indiana (from the Dominican Republic). Wasserman's far-reaching analysis is both rigorous and compassionate, shedding a clear light on ways in which descendants of Africans have experienced life in the New World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bonnie S. Bonnie Wasserman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648250289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648250286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Bonnie S. Bonnie Wasserman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054294626559,"sku":"9781648250286","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b01f81fa-11c8-4cfe-85ef-bc9d5935804b.jpg?v=1685029121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-of-age-in-the-bonnie-bonnie-wasserman-9781648250286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}