Imagined Transnationalism - by K Concannon & F Lomelí & M Priewe (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

With its focus on Latina/o communities in the United States, this collection of essays identifies and investigates the salient narrative and aesthetic strategies with which an individual or a collective represents transnational experiences and identities in literary and cultural texts.

Review Quotes

"This book comes at a crucial time of expansion of college and university interdisciplinary programs . . .The essays focus on a variety of important and current social, cultural, and artistic issues concerning the U.S. and Latin American countries. Nationalism, transnationalism, language, hybridity, transcultural identities, and globalization, to name a few, are principal themes in the essays. The project s uniqueness is that it deals specifically with Chicano/U.S.-Latino cultures and artistic manifestations. It also brings together many outstanding established scholars and the three editors are exceptional scholars in their own right. They have selected top researchers who have already produced excellent publications. This book is a timely and very useful collection of exceptional articles that complement one another." - Alejandro Morales, Professor, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine

About the Author

KEVIN CONCANNON is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, USA. FRANCISCO LOMELÍ is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, and Chair of Chicano Studies at UC Santa Barbara, California, USA. MARC PRIEWE is Professor of American Studies at the University of Potsdam, Germany.