Redreaming America : toward a bilingual American culture / Debra A. Castillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castillo, Debra A.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Hispanic American authors.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish).

Hispanic Americans--Intellectual life.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans in literature.

Hispanic Americans--Language.

Bilingualism--United States.

Bilingualism.

United States.

Physical Description:

232 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2005]

Summary:

What would American literature look like in language other than English, and what would Latin American literature look life if we understood the United States to be a Latin American country and took seriously the work by U.S. Latinos/as in Spanish? Debra A. Castillo explores these questions by highlighting the contributions of Latinos/as writing in Spanish and Spanish. Beginning with the anonymously published 1826 novel "Jicotencal and ending with fiction published at the turn of the twenty-first century, the book details both the characters' and authors' struggles with how to define an American self. Writers from Cuba. Puerto Rico, and Mexico are featured prominently, alongside a sampling of those writers from other Latin American heritages (Peru, Colombia, Chile). Castillo concludes by offering some thoughts on U.S. curricular practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.

ISBN:

0791462978

0791462986

OCLC:

54454541