{"product_id":"on-latinidad-marta-caminero-santangelo-9780813034485","title":"On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to address head-on the question of how Latino\/a literature wrestles with the pan-ethnic and trans-racial implications of the \"Latino\" label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to take \u003ci\u003elatinidad \u003c\/i\u003e(Latino-ness) for granted, Marta Caminero-Santangelo lays the groundwork for a sophisticated understanding of the various manifestations of \"Latino\" identity. She examines texts by prominent Chicano\/a, Dominican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American writers--including Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garc?, Achy Obejas, Piri Thomas, and Ana Castillo--and concludes that a pre-existing \"group\" does not exist. The author instead argues that much recent Latino\/a literature presents a vision of tentative, forged solidarities in the service of particular and sometimes even local struggles. She shows that even magical realism can figure as a threat to collectivity, rather than as a signifier of it, because magical connections--to nature, between characters, and to Latin American origins--can undermine efforts at solidarity and empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the author's close reading of both fictional and cultural narratives, she suggests the possibility that Latino identity may be even more elastic than the authors under question recognize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marta Caminero-Santangelo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813034485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813034485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Marta Caminero-Santangelo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926378447103,"sku":"9780813034485","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_098cf4f2-4205-4ccc-b7cf-92515c5e7864.jpg?v=1681082747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-latinidad-marta-caminero-santangelo-9780813034485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}