Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement Book

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: Historical Context of Caribbean Latino Literature Vanessa Pérez Rosario 1

I Migratory Identities

1 The Unbreakable Voice in a Minor Language: Following José Martí's Migratory Routes Laura Lomas 23

2 Más que Cenizas: An Analysis of Juan Bosch's Dissident Narration of Dominicanidad (Ausente) Lorgia García Peña 39

3 Creating Latinidad: Julia de Burgos' Legacy on U.S. Latina Literature Vanessa Pérez Rosario 57

II Dislocated Narratives

4 Travel and Family in Julia Alvarez's Canon Vivian Nun Halloran 75

5 Making It Home: A New Ethics of Immigration in Dominican Literature Ylce Irizarry 89

6 Days of Awe and the Jewish Experience of a Cuban Exile: The Case of Achy Obejas Carolyn Wolfenzon 105

III Gender Crossings

7 A Community in Transit: The Performative Gestures of Manuel Ramos Otero's Narrative Triptych Mónica Llaó-Ortega 121

8 A Revolution in Pink: Cuban Queer Literature Inside and Outside the Island Ana Belén Martín Sevillano 137

9 Gender Pirates of the Caribbean: Queering Caribbeanness in the Novels of Zoé Valdés and Christopher John Farley Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley 153

IV Racial Migrations

10 Insular Interventions: Jesús Colón Unmasks Racial Harmonizing and Populist Uplift Discourses in Puerto Rico Maritza Stanchich 171

11 Coloniality of Diasporas: Racialization of Negropolitans and Nuyoricans in Paris and New York Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel 189

12 The Dominican Diaspora Strikes Back: Cultural Archive and Race in Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Juanita Heredia 207

Notes on Contributors 223

Index 227