Buenas Noches, American Culture : Latina/o Aesthetics of Night

English

ISBN: 0253001897

EAN: 9780253001894

Category: Literary Collections / Caribbean & Latin American/Art / Subjects & Themes / General/Literary Criticism / American / Hispanic American/

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release Date: 07/31/2012

Synopsis: Often treated like night itself-both visible and invisible, feared and romanticized-Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US. In her newest work, Maria DeGuzm?n explores representations of night in art and literature from the Caribbean, Colombia, Central and South America, and the US, calling into question nights effect on the formation of identity for Latina/os in and outside of the US. She takes as her subject novels, short stories, poetry, essays, non-fiction, photo-fictions, photography, and film, and examines these texts through the lenses of nationhood, sexuality, human rights, exoticism, among others.

Buenas Noches, American Culture : Latina/o Aesthetics of Night

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 326