Author Description

Introduction / Suzanne Bost And Frances R. Aparicio -- Pt. I Identities -- Latinidad / Marta Caminero-santangelo -- Mestizaje / Rafael Pérez-torres -- Afro-latino/a Literature And Identity / William Luis -- Urban Spaces / Raúl Homero Villa -- Feminisms / Patricia Marina Trujillo -- Masculinities / Jennifer Domino Rudolph -- Queerness / Sandra K. Soto -- Illness / Suzanne Bost -- Chicano/a And Latino/a Literary Studies In Mexico / Marisa Belausteguigoitia Rius And María Del Socorro Gutiérrez Magallanes -- Latino/a Literature In Western Europe / Frauke Gewecke -- Latino/a Literary Studies In Siberia / Elena Nakaznaya -- Latino/a Literature In The Arab World / Dalia M. A. Gomaa -- Pt. Ii World Views -- Citizenship / Belinda Linn Rincón And Suzanne Oboler -- Marxist Literary Criticism / Mathias Nilges -- Neoliberalism / Kristy L. Ulibarri -- Nationalism / John Alba Cutler -- Transnationalism / Elizabeth Russ -- Indigeneity / George Hartley -- Environmentalism / Grisel Y. Acosta --^ Pt. Iii Traditions -- Negotiating Language / Allison E. Fagan -- Latino/a Literature And The Uses Of Folklore / María Eugenia Cotera -- Popular Music / Frances R. Aparicio -- Spirituality / Theresa Delgadillo -- Culinary Encounters In Latino/a Literature / Meredith E. Abarca -- Themes In Latino/a Visual Art / Constance Cortez -- Pt Iv Literary Forms -- Teatro / Jon D. Rossini -- Poetry / Urayoán Noel -- Novel / David J. Vázquez -- Memoir, Autobiography, Testimonio / Norma E. Cantú -- Revistas / Roberto Fernández -- Magical Realism / Frederick Luis Aldama -- Chica Lit / Tace Hedrick -- Science Fiction / Emily A. Maguire -- Comics / Frederick Luis Aldama -- Children's Literature / Mary Pat Brady -- Pt. V Canons -- The Formation Of A Latino/a Canon / Raphael Dalleo And Elena Machado Sáez -- Chicano/a Literature / Héctor Calderón -- Boricua Literature / Lisa Sánchez González -- Cuban-american Literature / Ricardo L. Ortíz --^ Dominican-american Literature / Silvio Torres-saillant -- South American Latino/a Writers In The United States / Ana Patricia Rodríguez -- Literature Of The Borderlands / María-socorro Tabuenca Córdoba -- Thirty Years Of Chicana/latina Lesbian Literary Production / Alicia Gaspar De Alba -- Recovering The Us Hispanic Literary Heritage / José F. Aranda, Jr. -- Authors, Readers, And The Mediations Of Print Culture / Kirsten Silva Gruesz -- Censorship And Latino/a Texts / Laura Halperin. Edited By Suzanne Bost And Frances R. Aparicio. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.