Archival Dissonance in the U.S.

Archival Dissonance in the U.S. Cuban Post-Exile Novel documents a body of emergent US Cuban literature published in Spanish and English beyond the scope and historicity of exile. Focusing on the work of Roberto G. Fernández, Ana Menéndez, and Antonio Benítez Rojo, the book proposes that, rather tha...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Gregory Helmick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Description
Summary:Archival Dissonance in the U.S. Cuban Post-Exile Novel documents a body of emergent US Cuban literature published in Spanish and English beyond the scope and historicity of exile. Focusing on the work of Roberto G. Fernández, Ana Menéndez, and Antonio Benítez Rojo, the book proposes that, rather than reinforce US Cuban exile ethnic identity developed between 1960 and the 1980's, or demonstrate a tendency toward cultural assimilation ("Americanization") over three generations of writers, the discussed historical novels incorporate Caribbean and Latin American archival sources and interpretive...
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1443887587
9781443887588
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.