On Latinidad: U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity

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On Latinidad U.S. Latino Literature and the Construction of Ethnicity Marta Caminero-Santangelo University Press of Florida Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota In memory of my beloved mother, Rosario Caminero Copyright 2007 by Marta Caminero-Santangelo Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved 12 11 10 09 08 07 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Caminero-Santangelo, Marta, 1966– On Latinidad: U.S. Latino literature and the construction of ethnicity / Marta Caminero-Santangelo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-3083-8 (alk. paper); ISBN 978-0-8130-3921-3 (e-book) 1. American literature—Hispanic American authors—History and criticism. 2. Hispanic Americans— Ethnic identity. 3. Hispanic Americans in literature. I. Title. PS153.H56C36 2007 810.9'868073—dc22 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com The author gratefully acknowledges permission to reproduce excerpts from the following sources: From Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas, copyright 1996 by Achy Obejas. Used by permission of Cleis Press. From Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, copyright 1974 by Rudolfo Anaya. Published in hardcover and mass-market paperback by Warner Books, Inc., 1994; originally published by TQS Publications . Reprinted by permission of Susan Bergholz Literary Services, New York. All rights reserved. From In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, copyright 1994 by Julia Alvarez. Published by Plume, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) and originally in hardcover by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Reprinted by permission of Susan Bergholz Literary Services, New York. All rights reserved. From ¡Yo! copyright 1997 by Julia Alvarez. Published by Plume, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Originally published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Reprinted by permission of Susan Bergholz Literary Services, New York. All rights reserved. From Monkey Hunting by Cristina García, copyright 2003 by Cristina García. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. From Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas, copyright 1967 by Piri Thomas. Copyright renewed 1995 by Piri Thomas. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. From So Far from God: A Novel by Ana Castillo, copyright 1993 by Ana Castillo. Used by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. From Days of Awe by Achy Obejas, copyright 2001 by Achy Obejas. Used by permission of Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc. From Mother Tongue by Demetria Martínez, copyright 1994 by Demetria Martínez. Used by permission of Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc. From Latino Crossings by Nicholas De Genova and Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, copyright 2003 by Nicholas De Genova and Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas. Reproduced by permission of Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. From The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez, copyright 2003 by Alisa Valdés-Rodr íguez and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Press, LLC. From “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, copyright 1992 by Arte Público Press. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. From “Margarita Engle, Cuban American Conservatism and the Construction of (Left) U.S. Latino/a Ethnicity” by Taylor & Francis Group, copyright 2002. Published by LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory and reproduced by permission of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., http//www.taylorandfrancis.com. ...