The Latinx urban condition : trauma, memory, and desire in Latinx urban literature and culture / Crescencio López-González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez-Gonzalez, Crescencio, author.

Series:

Reading trauma and memory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Hispanic American authors.

City and town life in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Psychic trauma in literature.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

United States--Civilization--Hispanic influences.

United States.

Civilization.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Summary:

"The Latinx Urban Condition brings together interdisciplinary cultural theory and U.S. Latinx urban literature into conversation, focusing on the realities and urban experiences of Latinx living in major cities in the United States from the 1960s to the present. The manuscript focuses on analyzing the works of Latinx authors who write about the city in which they were raised and how growing up in these environments shaped their lives, their communities, and their future. Their fictional work helps us understand how the human and cultural tapestry of the Latinx community is inextricably connected to the spatial transformations taking place in many cities across the country, most notably within the cities the authors write about in their narratives. This is particularly true when the city is represented through a fictional narrative, which is full of detailed information about the realities of structural inequality in education, residential segregation, urban cultural identity, discrimination, experiences of exile, oppression, urban desires, integration, and disillusionment. The main purpose is to analyze the symbolic realities lived by the characters in order to understand how Latino families and communities are experiencing displacement under instituted neoliberal policies, a process known as development and progress or gentrification"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Geographic Displacement: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Mexican Americans

Displacement, Memories, and Desires: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Puerto Ricans

Geographies of Trauma, Memories, and Deceit: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Dominican Americans

Floating Urban Geographies of Trauma, Detachment, and Dislocation: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Cuban Americans

Conclusion: The Latinx Urban Condition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lopez-Gonzalez, Crescencio, The Llatinx urban condition

ISBN:

9781498570268

1498570267

OCLC:

1120907320