{"product_id":"the-afro-latin-experience-in-contemporary-american-literature-and-culture-engaging-blackness-hardcover","title":"The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture: Engaging Blackness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Toliver Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexamines contemporary Afro-Latin@ literature and its depiction of the multifaceted identity encompassing the separate identifications of Americans and the often-conflicting identities of blacks and Latin@s. \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the writers' aims to define Afro-Latin@ identity, to rewrite historical narratives so that they include the Afro-Latin@ experience and to depict the search for belonging. Their writing examines the Afro-Latin@ encounter with race within the US and exposes the trauma resulting from the historical violence of colonialism and slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexamines contemporary Afro-Latin@ literature and its depiction of the multifaceted identity encompassing the separate identifications of Americans and the often-conflicting identities of blacks and Latin@s. \u003ci\u003eThe Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the writers' aims to define Afro-Latin@ identity, to rewrite historical narratives so that they include the Afro-Latin@ experience and to depict the search for belonging. Their writing examines the Afro-Latin@ encounter with race within the US and exposes the trauma resulting from the historical violence of colonialism and slavery. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJill Toliver Richardson is Assistant Professor of English at Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), USA where she teaches Contemporary Urban Writers and Latina\/o Literature and composition. She was a recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship and has previously published in the journals \u003ci\u003eLabel Me Latina\/o\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCENTRO\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.64 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51794763809056,"sku":"9783319319209","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/817a230c09812100c839467def34e828.webp?v=1780733274","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-afro-latin-experience-in-contemporary-american-literature-and-culture-engaging-blackness-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}