Edited by award-winning writer and scholar Sergio Troncoso, this anthology includes works from familiar and acclaimed voices such as David Dorado Romo, Sandra Cisneros, Alex Espinoza, Reyna Grande, and Francisco Cantú, as well as from important new voices, such as Stephanie Li, David Dominguez, and ire’ne lara silva. These are writers who open and expose the in-between places: through or at borders; among the past, present, and future; from tradition to innovation; between languages; in gender; about the wounds of the past and the victories of the present; of life and death.
Nepantla Familias shows the quintessential American experience that revives important foundational values through immigrants and the children of immigrants. Here readers will find a glimpse of contemporary Mexican American experience; here, also, readers will experience complexities of the geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders common to us all.Includes the work ofDavid Dorado RomoReyna GrandeFrancisco CantúRigoberto GonzálezAlex EspinozaDomingo MartinezOscar CásaresLorraine M. LópezDavid DominguezStephanie LiSheryl LunaJosé Antonio RodríguezDeborah ParedezDiana Marie DelgadoDiana LópezSevero PerezOctavio Solisire'ne lara silvaRubén DegolladoHelena María ViramontesDaniel ChacónMatt Mendez
Edited by award-winning writer and scholar Sergio Troncoso, this anthology includes works from familiar and acclaimed voices such as David Dorado Romo, Sandra Cisneros, Alex Espinoza, Reyna Grande, and Francisco Cantú, as well as from important new voices, such as Stephanie Li, David Dominguez, and ire’ne lara silva. These are writers who open and expose the in-between places: through or at borders; among the past, present, and future; from tradition to innovation; between languages; in gender; about the wounds of the past and the victories of the present; of life and death.
Nepantla Familias shows the quintessential American experience that revives important foundational values through immigrants and the children of immigrants. Here readers will find a glimpse of contemporary Mexican American experience; here, also, readers will experience complexities of the geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders common to us all.Includes the work ofDavid Dorado RomoReyna GrandeFrancisco CantúRigoberto GonzálezAlex EspinozaDomingo MartinezOscar CásaresLorraine M. LópezDavid DominguezStephanie LiSheryl LunaJosé Antonio RodríguezDeborah ParedezDiana Marie DelgadoDiana LópezSevero PerezOctavio Solisire'ne lara silvaRubén DegolladoHelena María ViramontesDaniel ChacónMatt Mendez
Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds
262Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds
262Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781623499631 |
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Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press |
Publication date: | 04/21/2021 |
Series: | Wittliff Collections Literary Series |
Pages: | 262 |
Sales rank: | 473,782 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |