The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture

Download or read book The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture written by Jill Toliver Richardson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines contemporary Afro-Latin@ literature and its depiction of the multifaceted identity encompassing the separate identifications of Americans and the often-conflicting identities of blacks and Latin@s. The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture highlights the writers’ aims to define Afro-Latin@ identity, to rewrite historical narratives so that they include the Afro-Latin@ experience and to depict the search for belonging. Their writing examines the Afro-Latin@ encounter with race within the US and exposes the trauma resulting from the historical violence of colonialism and slavery.