| The Latino/A Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Dalleo, R. (Author), Sáez, E. Machado (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403977968 ISBN-13: 9781403977960 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: In the first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, "The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature "challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship of art, politics and the market. Dalleo and Machado Saez engage with the major critics from the field to dispute the consensus view of Latino/a literature from the 1960s as politically committed and resistant to the market versus the literature of the 1990s as apolitical and assimilationist due to its commodification. This study argues that post-Sixties writers Pedro Pietri, Ernesto Quinonez, Abraham Rodriguez, Junot Diaz, Angie Cruz, Cristina Garcia and Julia Alvarez have not abandoned politics, but are imagining creative strategies for revitalizing progressive thought "through "the market. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 810.986 |
| LCCN: 2007061161 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.89" W x 8.4" (0.76 lbs) 205 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
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| Publisher Description: Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. In this first study of Latino/a literature to systematically examine the post-Sixties generation of writers, The Latino/a Canon challenges the ways that Latino/a literary studies imagines the relationship between art, politics, and the market. |