| The Latinx Urban Condition: Trauma, Memory, and Desire in Latinx Urban Literature and Culture Contributor(s): Lopez-Gonzalez, Crescencio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498570283 ISBN-13: 9781498570282 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $41.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 810.986 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Latinx Urban Condition brings interdisciplinary cultural theory and U.S. Latinx urban literature into conversation, focusing on the realities and urban experiences of Latinx living in major cities in the United States from the 1960's to the present. As a cultural studies analyst of U.S. Latinx urban literature and culture, the book focuses on analyzing the works of Latinx authors who write about the cities in which they were raised and how growing up in these environments shaped their lives, their communities, and their future. Their fictional work helps us understand how the human and cultural tapestry of the Latinx community is inextricably connected to the spatial transformations taking place in many cities across the country, most notably within the cities in which the narratives take place. The main purpose is to analyze the symbolic realities lived by the characters in order to understand how Latino families and communities are experiencing displacement under instituted neoliberal policies, a process known as development and progress or gentrification. These processes are experienced through aspects of privatization, deregulation, homelessness, residential segregation, inequality, unemployment, and poverty. |