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This book broadens the scope of Latina/o criticism to include both widely-read and understudied nineteenth through twenty-first century fictional works that engage in critical discussions of gender, race, sexuality, and identity. The essays in this collection do not simply seek inclusion for the texts they critically discuss, but suggest that we more thoughtfully consider the utility of mapping, whether we are mapping land, borders, time, migration, or connections and disconnections across time and space. Using new and rigorous methodological approachesto reading Latina/o literature, contributors reveal a varied and textured landscape, challenging us to reconsider the process and influence of literary production across borders.

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-94901-4

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Genre matters

Garcia Shelley

3-20

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Cuban characters

Newman Judie

21-34

Pedro Medina and suburbano come to the fore

Saavedra Naida

35-52

The imagined world of Latin/o America in Sam no es mi tío

Das Amrita

53-72

The twenty-first century politics of latinidad

Guzmán Georgina

73-92

""The Waltons, chicana-style"

Herrera Cristina

95-110

Crossing borders through prostitution

González Carolyn

111-126

The (im)materiality of race

García Magda

127-138

Capirotada

Gutiérrez y Muhs Gabriella

139-158

Creating a more compassionate narrative

161-176

Entering the mainstream

Boffone Trevor

177-190

Slow lightning

Rodriguez y Gibson Eliza

191-207

From lost woman to third space mestiza Maternal subject

Mercado-López Larissa M.

209-226

Extremely brown and incredibly ignored

Espinoza Alex

229-239

Latino literature for children and the lack of diversity

Baeza Ventura Gabriela

241-254