U.S. Latino literature : a critical guide for students and teachers

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U.S. Latino literature : a critical guide for students and teachers

edited by Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernández Olmos under the auspices of the Mercantile Library of New York

Greenwood Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important writers as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Rudolfo Anaya in the curriculum. Without a guide, introducing courses on U.S. Latino literature or integrating individual works into the general courses on American Literature can be difficult for the uninitiated. While some critical sources for students and teachers are available, none are dedicated exclusively to this important body of writing. To fill the gap, the editors of this volume commissioned prominent scholars in the field to write 18 essays that focus on using U.S. Latino literature in the classroom. The selection of the subject texts was developed in conjunction with secondary school teachers who took part in the editors' course. This resultant volume focuses on major works that are appropriate for high school and undergraduate study including Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli, Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets, and Cisneros' The House on Mango Street. Each chapter in this Critical Guide provides pertinent biographical background on the author as well as contextual information that aids in understanding the literary and cultural significance of the work. The most valuable component of the critical essays, the Analysis of Themes and Forms, helps the reader understand the thematic concerns raised by the work, particularly the recurring issues of language expression and cultural identity, assimilation, and intergenerational conflicts. Each essay is followed by specific suggestions for teaching the work with topics for classroom discussion. Further enhancing the value of this work as a teaching tool are the selected bibliographies of criticism, further reading, and other related sources that complete each chapter. Teachers will also find a Sample Course Outline of U.S. Latino Literature which serves as guide for developing a course on this important subject.

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Introduction by Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernández Olmos Literary Strategies in Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's The Account by Harold Augenbraum Trials and Tribulations: The Life and Works of María Amparo Ruiz de Burton by Beatrice Pita Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets: Writing as a Nuyorican/Puerto Rican Strategy for Survival by Asela Rodríguez de Laguna Un Mundo Entero: ToMÁs Rivera and His World by Evangelina Vigil-Piñón Historical and Magical, Ancient and Contemporary: The World of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima by Margarite Fernández Olmos The Self as Cultural Metaphor: Oscar "Zeta" Acosta's The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo by Genaro M. Padilla Adapting, Not Assimilating: Edward Rivera's Family Installments by Alfredo Villanueva-Collado Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory and the Rejection of the Private Self by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert Teaching Oscar Hijuelos' Our House in the Last World by Gustavo Perez-Firmat Female Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street by Myrna-Yamil González The Dominican-American Bildungsroman: Julia Alvarez' How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Heather Rosario-Sievert The Dialect(ic)s of Mestizaje in Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Hector A. Torres Writing a Life: When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago by Aileen Schmidt Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli by Rafael Ocasio Cristina García's Dreaming in Cuban: The Contested Domains of Politics, Family, and History by Iraida H. López Junot Diaz's Drown Revisiting "Those Mean Streets" by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert Using Latina Poetry in the Classroom by Bryce Milligan Borders and Birthrights: Watching Cheech Marin's Born in East LA by Chon A. Noriega Appendices Index

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