{"product_id":"what-is-la-hispanidad-ilan-stavans-9780292725614","title":"What Is La Hispanidad?: A Conversation","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatives of the Iberian Peninsula and the twenty countries of Latin America, as well as their kinsfolk who've immigrated to the United States and around the world, share a common quality or identity characterized as la hispanidad. Or do they?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lively, provocative book, two distinguished intellectuals, a cultural critic and a historian, engage in a series of probing conversations in which they try to discern the nature of la hispanidad and debate whether any such shared identity binds the world's nearly half billion people who are \"Hispanic.\" Their conversations range from \u003ci\u003eLa Reconquista\u003c\/i\u003e and Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, who united the Spanish nation while expelling its remaining Moors and Jews, to the fervor for \u003ci\u003eel fútbol\u003c\/i\u003e (soccer) that has swept much of Latin America today. Along the way, they discuss a series of intriguing topics, including the complicated relationship between Latin America and the United States, Spanish language and the uses of Spanglish, complexities of race and ethnicity, nineteenth-century struggles for nationhood and twentieth-century identity politics, and popular culture from literary novels to \u003ci\u003etelenovelas\u003c\/i\u003e. Woven throughout are the authors' own enlightening experiences of crossing borders and cultures in Mexico and Chile and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure to provoke animated conversations among its readers, \u003ci\u003eWhat is la hispanidad?\u003c\/i\u003e makes a convincing case that \"our hispanidad is rooted in a changing tradition, flexible enough to persist beyond boundaries and circumstances. Let us not fix it with a definition, but allow it instead to travel, always.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilan Stavans,Iván Jaksic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292725612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292725614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.64w x 0.47d","brand":"Ilan Stavans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086465347839,"sku":"9780292725614","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b7423b5-d7bd-4f80-b7fa-0ace8d60c868.jpg?v=1769094822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-la-hispanidad-ilan-stavans-9780292725614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}