The Latino nineteenth century / edited by Rodrigo Lazo and Jesse Alemán.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lazo, Rodrigo, editor.

Alemán, Jesse, 1968- editor.

Series:

America and the long 19th century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

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

American literature.

American literature--Hispanic American authors.

Latin American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

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

Hispanic American literature (Spanish).

Hispanic Americans--Intellectual life.

Hispanic Americans.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 375 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2016]

Summary:

The essays in The Latino Nineteenth Century retell U.S., Latin American, and Latino/a literary history through archival recovery and the comparative textual analysis of writing by Latinos/as who lived in the United States during the long nineteenth century. Written by both established and emerging scholars, the essays engage materials in Spanish and English and genres ranging from the newspaper to the novel, delving into new texts and areas of research as they shed light on well-known writers. This volume situates nineteenth-century Latino intellectuals and writers within crucial national, hemispheric, and regional debates. The Latino Nineteenth Century offers a long-overdue corrective to the Anglophone and nation-based emphasis of American literary history. Contributors track Latino/a lives and writing through routes that span Philadelphia to San Francisco and roots that extend deeply into Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South Americas, and Spain. In the rich variety of texts and authors examined readers will find fertile ground for discussion and will discover the depth, diversity, and long-standing presence of Latinos/as and their literature in the United States. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Errant Latino: Irisarri, Central Americanness, and Migrations Intention / Kirsten Silva Gruesz Gruesz, Kirsten Silva 20

2 Historicizing Nineteenth-Century Latina/o Textuality / Raúl Coronado Coronado, Raúl 49

3 On the Borders of Independence: Manuel Torres and Spanish American Independence in Filadelphia / Emily García García, Emily 71

4 From Union Officers to Cuban Rebels: The Story of the Brothers Cavada and Their American Civil Wars / Jesse Alemán Alemán, Jesse 89

5 Almost-Latino Literature: Approaching Truncated Latinidades / Robert McKee Irwin Irwin, Robert McKee 110

6 Toward a Reading of Nineteenth-Century Latino/a Short Fiction / John Alba Cutler Cutler, John Alba 124

7 When Archives Collide: Recovering Modernity in Early Mexican American Literature / José Aranda Aranda, José 146

8 Feeling Mexican: Ruiz de Burton's Sentimental Railroad Fiction / Marissa K. López López, Marissa K. 168

9 Pronouncing Citizenship: Juan Nepomuceno Cortina's War to Be Read / Alberto Varon Varon, Alberto 191

10 Raimundo Cabrera, the Latin American Archive, and the Latina/o Continuum / Carmen E. Lamas Lamas, Carmen E. 210

11 Flirting in Yankeeland: Rethinking American Exceptionalism through Argentine Travel Writing / Carrie Tirado Bramen Bramen, Carrie Tirado 230

12 "Hacemos la guerra pacífica": Cuban Nationalism and Politics in Key West, 1870-1900 / Gerald E. Poyo Poyo, Gerald E. 255

13 Citizenship and Illegality in the Global California Gold Rush / Juan Poblete Poblete, Juan 278

14 "El negro es tan capaz como el bianco": José Martí, "Pachín" Marín, Lucy Parsons, and the Politics of Late-Nineteenth-Century Latinidad / Laura Lomas Lomas, Laura 301

15 Sotero Figueroa: Writing Afro-Caribbeans into History in the Late Nineteenth Century / Nicolás Kanellos Kanellos, Nicolás 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479896837

1479896837

9781479855872

1479855871

OCLC:

957581352