| Description |
1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : Contesting the counter-revolution : a Latina/o literary geography of the neoliberal era -- Hemispheric otherwises in the shadow of 1968 : Martín Espada's Zapatista poems -- Molotovs and subtleties : Juan Felipe Herrera's post-movement Norteamérica -- Against the neoliberal state : Roberto Bolaño's "country" of writing and Martín Espada's "republic" of poetry -- "Andando entre dos mundos" : Maurice Kilwein Guevara's and Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Appalachian Latino poetics -- "Migration ... is not a crime" : Puerto Rican status and "T-shirt solidarity" in Judith Ortiz Cofer, Victor Hernández Cruz, and Jack Agüeros -- Godzilla in Mexico City : poetics of infrastructure in José Emilio Pacheco and Roberto Bolaño -- Coda : "Too much of it" : Marjorie Agosín's and Valerie Martínez's representations of femicide in the Maquila Zone |
| Summary |
This book offers an in-depth study of the diverse field of contemporary Latina/o poetry. Its innovative angle of approach puts Latina/o and Latin American poets into sustained conversation in original and rewarding ways. In addition, the author presents ecocritical readings that foreground the environmental dimensions of current Latina/o poetics. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American poetry -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism
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Hispanic Americans in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
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American poetry -- Hispanic American authors
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Hispanic Americans in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816599578 |
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0816599572 |
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9781306046619 |
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1306046610 |
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