Embodied Economies Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater.
How do upwardly mobile Latinx Caribbean migrants leverage their cultural heritage to buy into the American Dream? In the neoliberal economy of the United States, the discourse of white nationalism compels upwardly mobile immigrants to trade in their ties to ethnic and linguistic communities to assim...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick :
Rutgers University Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Ser.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3093790 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Translations and Terminology
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Future for Cuban Nostalgia in Plays by Nilo Cruz and Eduardo Machado
- Chapter 2 Decolonizing Queer Camp in Novels by Edwin Sánchez and Ángel Lozada
- Chapter 3 Zero-Sum Games in Fiction by Junot Díaz and Rita Indiana Hernández
- Chapter 4 The Gentrification of Our Dreams in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Musical Theater
- Chapter 5 Race, Sex, and Enterprising Spirits in Works by Dolores Prida and Mayra Santos Febres
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author