Afro-Latin@ Diasporas: Engaging Blackness

Richardson, Jill Toliver

This book examines contemporary Afro-Latin@ literature and its depiction of the multifaceted identity encompassing the separate identifications of Americans and the often-conflicting identities of blacks and Latin@s.  The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture highlights the writers’ aims to define Afro-Latin@ identity, to rewrite historical narratives so that they include the Afro-Latin@ experience and to depict the search for belonging.  Their writing examines the Afro-Latin@ encounter with race within the US and exposes the trauma resulting from the historical violence of colonialism and slavery.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2018-04-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319811543

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31921-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 170