Israel Reyes

Embodied Economies

Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Embodied Economies compares works of Latinx Caribbean fiction and theater that explore the pitfalls and successes of economic upward mobility in diasporic communities. Each chapter compares two works in a counterpoint analysis that reveals the contradictions of using Latinx Caribbean culture to get ahead in the competitive fields of education, business, entertainment, and finance.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781978827851
• ISBN-10: 1978827857
• Artikelnr.: 63000877

Autorenporträt

ISRAEL REYES is a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He is the author of Humor and the Eccentric Text in Puerto Rican Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Translations and Terminology
Introduction
1. A Future for Cuban Nostalgia in Plays by Nilo Cruz and Eduardo Machado
2. Decolonizing Queer Camp in Novels by Edwin Sánchez and Ángel Lozada
3. Zero-Sum Games in Fiction by Junot Díaz and Rita Indiana Hernández
4. The Gentrification of Our Dreams in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical Theater
5. Race, Sex, and Enterprising Spirits in Works by Dolores Prida and Mayra
Santos Febres
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index