1st Edition

Latino Fiction and the Modernist Imagination Literature of the Borderlands

By John S. Christie Copyright 1999
    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. The aim of this book is to approach Latino fiction from a wider perspective, and to cross the standard critical boundaries between Latino groups in order to focus upon the literary language of a collection of complicated novels and stories.

    Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Section I: The Literary Context 000 Chapter One: The Narrative Techniques of the Border 3 Chapter Two: The Magic of Influence upon Latino Narrative 37 Section II: The Languages of the Borderlands 000 Chapter Three: Latino Voices and English con Salsa 69 Chapter Four: Dreams and Betrayals: Latinos Between Worlds 105 Section III.: The Cultures and the Carnival 000 Chapter Five: Carnival and the department store called america 141 Chapter Six: Flowers of the Dead: The Latino Quest for Ancestors 163 Bibliography 193 Index

    Biography

    John S. Christie