Dance between two cultures : Latino Caribbean literature written in the United States / William Luis.

Author/creator Luis, William
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxxii, 352 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
American literature--Caribbean American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Caribbean Americans--Intellectual life.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.

Contents Setting new roots : Latino Caribbean literature in the United States -- Puerto Rican American poetry : street rhythms and voices of the people -- Puerto Ricans in New York : memoirs of Bernardo Vega and Piri Thomas's Down these mean streets -- Cuban American poetry : the Cuban American divide -- Master codes of Cuban and Cuban-American culture : Oscar Hijuelos's The mambo kings play songs of love and Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban -- Dominican American poetry : culture in the middest -- Search for identity in Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia girls lost their accents -- Postmeditation on Latino, race, and identity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-335) and index.
LCCN 97021192
ISBN0826513026 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS153.C27 L85 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold