| The Essential Ilan Stavans Contributor(s): Stavans, Ilan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415927544 ISBN-13: 9780415927543 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $51.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: Ilan Stavans is one of the foremost Latino scholars and here his best essays are collected into one volume. These beautifully written pieces explore the breadth of contemporary Latino-American culture, depicting and analyzing what he calls "life in the hyphen". Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 081 |
| LCCN: 00022609 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.04" W x 8.95" (1.20 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here, Ilan Stavans, one of the foremost Latino scholars, collects his best essays into one volume. As a Mexican Jew whose native languages are Yiddish and Spanish, Stavans writes in English to limn the tensions, contradictions, and possibilities within the compex notion of a multi-cultural identity. |