Walk the barrio : the streets of twenty-first-century transnational Latinx literature /
The first- and second-generation Latinx authors discussed in Walk the Barrio use their US hometowns as both setting and stylistic inspiration, utilizing various formal techniques to mirror their literary location to the real one. The book presents a "barriography" for each work, which incl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Cultural frames, framing culture.
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| Summary: | The first- and second-generation Latinx authors discussed in Walk the Barrio use their US hometowns as both setting and stylistic inspiration, utilizing various formal techniques to mirror their literary location to the real one. The book presents a "barriography" for each work, which includes first-person reportage, archival research, human geography, relevant theories of space and interviews with the author, neighbors or local historians. Authors considered include Helena María Viramontes, Salvador Plascencia, Héctor Tobar, William Archila, Junot Díaz, Angie Cruz and Richard Blanco. |
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| Physical Description: | 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813948058 0813948053 9780813948065 0813948061 |