Suzanne Bost - The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature

SUZANNE BOST AND FRANCES R. APARICIO

PART I
Identities

PART II
Worldviews

PART III
Traditions

PART IV
Literary Forms

PART V
Canons

Latino/a literature is one of the fastest developing fields in the discipline of literary studies. It represents an identity that is characterized by fluidity and diversity, often explored through divisions formed by language, race, gender, sexuality, and immigration.

The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature presents more than 40 essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature and analyses:

• Regional, cultural, and sexual identities in Latino/a literature
• Worldviews and traditions of Latino/a cultural creation
• Latino/a literature in different international contexts
• The impact of differing literary forms of Latino/a literature
• The politics of canon formation in Latino/a literature.

This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of the field. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of this literary culture.

Contributors: Meredith E. Abarca, Grisel Y. Acosta, Frederick Luis Aldama, Frances R. Aparicio, Jos F. Aranda, Jr., Marisa Belausteguigoitia Rius, Suzanne Bost, Mary Pat Brady, Hctor Caldern, Marta Caminero-Santangelo, Norma E. Cant, Constance Cortez, Mara Eugenia Cotera, John Alba Cutler, Raphael Dalleo, Theresa Delgadillo, Allison E. Fagan, Roberta Fernndez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Frauke Gewecke, Dalia M.A. Gomaa, Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Laura Halperin, George Hartley, Tace Hedrick, Juanita Heredia, William Luis, Elena Machado Sez, Mara del Socorro Gutirrez Magallanes, Emily A. Maguire, Elena Nakaznaya, Mathias Nilges, Urayon Noel, Suzanne Oboler, Ricardo L. Ortz, Rafael Prez-Torres, Belinda Linn Rincn, Ana Patricia Rodrguez, Jon D. Rossini, Jennifer Domino Rudolph, Elizabeth Russ, Lisa Snchez Gonzlez, Sandra K. Soto, Mara-Socorro Tabuenca Crdoba, Silvio Torres-Saillant, Patricia Marina Trujillo, Kristy L. Ulibarri, David J. Vzquez, and Ral Homero Villa.

Suzanne Bost is Associate Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago, USA.

Frances R. Aparicio is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program at Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.

Wed like to thank Polly Dodson from Taylor & Francis for approaching us about this project in 2010. Wed also like to thank all of the editors at the Press who have helped us, especially Niall Slater. And we thank Sandra Garnica, a student at Northwestern University, for helping us to compile the final document.

We thank our contributors for so generously giving their time to be a part of this project, for sharing their ideas about Latino/a literature, and for all of the thought and care they put into their entries. And we thank each other for our generosity and patience during the exciting and stimulating but also sometimes challenging process of producing this Companion .

Our families have been generous, too: giving us quiet time and space to work on the Companion in the evenings, on the weekends, and whenever we could find the time. So thanks to Stuart Wick, Samuel Bost Wick, Elliot Bost Wick, John Santiago, and Alejandro Santiago.

In the course of working on this project, Suzanne gave birth to Elliot on 6 May 2011, and Francess father passed away on 8 January 2012. The momentous events of giving life and grieving death were a part of us as we produced this Companion .