| The Latino Body: Crisis Identities in American Literary and Cultural Memory Contributor(s): Lima, Lazaro (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814752152 ISBN-13: 9780814752159 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: "Lima's Latino Body promises to productively disrupt the business-as-usual of critical and scholarly practice in the still-emerging field of U.S. Latino studies; it will contribute directly to the next stage in the long process of what it itself terms Latino identity's 'becoming historical' in North American cultural, political, and intellectual contexts. For this reason alone, The Latino Body could not be more welcome, or more timely." -- Ricardo L. Ortz, Georgetown University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 810.986 |
| LCCN: 2007006121 |
| Series: Sexual Cultures (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.08" W x 8.88" (0.74 lbs) 231 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Latino Body tells the story of the United States Latino body politic and its relation to the state: how the state configures Latino subjects and how Latino subjects have in turn altered the state. Lázaro Lima charts the interrelated groups that define themselves as Latinos and examines how these groups have responded to calls for unity and nationally shared conceptions of American cultural identity. He contends that their responses, in times of cultural or political crisis, have given rise to profound cultural transformations, enabling the so-called "Latino subject" to emerge. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lima, Lazaro: - Lázaro Lima is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latino studies at Bryn Mawr College. His website can be found at www.lazarolima.com. |