| Show and Tell: Identity as Performance in U.S. Latina/O Fiction Contributor(s): Christian, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826318312 ISBN-13: 9780826318312 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| LCCN: 97-4875 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.03" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 201 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What makes John Rechy a Chicano writer? To be Latino, must writing have a touch of magical realism? Can one talk of U.S. Latina/o identity, considering the diversity of the Latina/o experience? Through the analysis of nine recent Latino/a novels, Karen Christian answers these and other questions, thereby adding a fresh, bold voice to the anti-essentialist debate surrounding ethnic and gender identity. Christian melds the theory of performativity with the latest scholarship on ethnicity and ethnic literature to create a framework for viewing identity as a continuous process that cannot be reduced to static categories. Through their narrative performances, U.S. Latina/o writers and their characters move among communities and identities in an ongoing challenge to the notion of Latina/o essence. This study is also among the first to examine trends across the spectrum of cultures represented in U.S. Latina/o literature--from Chicano to Cuban to Puerto Rican to Dominican. Show and Tell is essential for any serious student of Latina/o literature and identity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Christian, Karen: - Karen S. Christian is vice president of Kareli Authors, Inc. |