Tongue ties : logo-eroticism in Anglo-Hispanic literature / Gustavo Pʹerez Firmat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949-

Series:

New directions in Latino American cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Hispanic American authors.

Language and languages in literature.

Languages in contact--United States.

Languages in contact.

Spanish language.

United States.

Spanish language--United States.

Hispanic Americans in literature.

Bilingualism--United States.

Bilingualism.

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First Palgrave Macmillan edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

"Before it becomes a political, social, or even linguistic issue, bilingualism is a private affair, intimate theater." So writes Gustavo Po?=rez Firmat in this ground-breaking study of the interweaving of life and languages in a group of bilingual Spanish, Spanish-American and Latino writers. Unravelling the "tongue ties" of such diverse figures as the American philosopher George Santayana, the emigro?= Spanish poet Pedro Salinas, Spanish American novelists Guillermo Cabrera Infante and Maro?=a Luisa Bombal, and Latino memoirists Richard Rodriguez and Sandra Cisneros, Po?=rez Firmat argues that their careers are shaped by a linguistic family romance that involves negotiating between the competing claims and attractions of Spanish and English.

Contents:

Saying Un-English Things in English

Wire, Don't Write

Spanish-Only Body Talk

Mother's Idiom, Father's Tongue

Remembering Things Past in Translation

Spanish Passion, English Peace

Words That Smell Like Home

I'm Cuban

What's Your Excuse?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-190) and index.

ISBN:

140396288X

1403962898

OCLC:

51984875