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

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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The body of this text encompasses the analysis of one work by each of 18 U.S. Latino authors. The selections were chosen by 15 high school teachers as "those most relevant to the lives, reading levels, and school curricula of their students." Piri Thomas, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Esmeralda Santiago are among the featured writers. Each critical essay examines the themes and forms of the work in question and then outlines suggested ways to teach it. The appendixes include a "Sample Course Outline of U.S. Latino Literature," "Latino Gay and Lesbian Authors and Their Works," "Latino Literary Resources on the World Wide Web," "Other Areas of Independent Study," and notes about the editors and contributors. This book is an essential reference tool for high schools and public libraries. It will be particularly germane in high schools with the International Baccalaureate Degree or in areas with concentrations of Hispanic peoples.-Sylvia V. Meisner, Greensboro Montessori School, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Teachers are the primary audience for this in-depth guide, but it's also a fine library resource for collection building and readers' advisory in middle-and high-school libraries. There are full chapters by various critics on each of the leading Latino authors and their best-known works, from Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets and Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street to Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory. The discussion is both literary and social, showing how the stories express the writers' diverse immigrant backgrounds, the struggle to be American and also to stay true to ethnic roots, "adapting, not assimilating." The style and design are open and accessible, with extensive, up-to-date bibliographies--for each chapter and for general works--including an appendix of Latino gay and lesbian authors and an annotated list of Latino literary resources on the Web. --Hazel Rochman

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Augenbraum (Mercantile Library of New York) and Fernandez Olmos (Brooklyn College, CUNY) have edited a fine collection of 18 well-written, concise, informative essays by critics including Gustavo Perez Firmat, Chon Noriega, Genaro Padilla, and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. The authors studied represent various Spanish-speaking countries and different regions of the US; although they are primarily modern, they range from Alvar Nu~nez Cabeza de Vaca and Amparo Ruiz de Burton through Piri Thomas and Richard Rodriguez to Julia Alvarez, Oscar Hijuelos, Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya, Tomas Rivera, Esmeralda Santiago, Cristina Garcia, and Gloria Anzaldua. Each essay includes a biography, analysis of themes and forms, and teaching/reading suggestions for the author examined. The works analyzed are mainly narratives, with some poetry and films; the contributors reveal common interests in autobiography, the search for diversity, multicultural diversity, and gender issues. Four appendixes provide topics for further study. This volume joins the editors' companion anthology, The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present (1997). Highly recommended for all students and scholars in Latino studies. M. V. Ekstrom; St. John Fisher College

Harold AugenbraumBeatrice PitaAsela Rodriguez de LagunaEvangelina Vigil-PinonMargarite Fernandez OlmosGenaro M. PadillaAlfredo Villanueva-ColladoLizabeth Paravisini-GebertGustavo Perez FirmatMyrna-Yamil GonzalezHeather Rosario-SievertHector A. TorresAileen SchmidtRafael OcasioIraida H. LopezLizabeth Paravisini-GebertBryce MilliganChon A. Noriega

Introduction	p. xi
1 Literary Strategies in Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's The Account	p. 1
2 Trials and Tribulations: The Life and Works of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton	p. 11
3 Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets: Writing as a Nuyorican/Puerto Rican Strategy for Survival	p. 21
4 Un Mundo Entero: Tomas Rivera and His World	p. 31
5 Historical and Magical, Ancient and Contemporary: The World of Rudolfo A. Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima	p. 39
6 The Self as Cultural Metaphor: Oscar "Zeta" Acosta's The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo	p. 55
7 Adapting, Not Assimilating: Edward Rivera's Family Installments	p. 71
8 Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory and the Rejection of the Private Self	p. 81
9 Teaching Oscar Hijuelos' Our House in the Last World	p. 93
10 Female Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street	p. 101
11 The Dominican-American Bildungsroman: Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents	p. 113
12 In Context: Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza	p. 123
13 Writing a Life: When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago	p. 135
14 Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli	p. 145
15 Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban: The Contested Domains of Politics, Family, and History	p. 153
16 Junot Diaz's Drown: Revisiting "Those Mean Streets"	p. 163
17 Using Latina Poetry in the Classroom	p. 175
18 Borders and Birthrights: Watching Cheech Marin's Born in East L.A.	p. 187
Appendices Other Areas of Study for U.S. Latino Authors	p. 201
Appendix A Sample Course Outline of U.S. Latino Literature	p. 201
Appendix B Latino Gay and Lesbian Authors and Their Works	p. 203
Appendix C Latino Literary Resources on the World Wide Web	p. 204
Appendix D Other Areas of Independent Study	p. 206
Index	p. 209
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 213

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