Moreno, Marisel C., 1973-
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
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Part of the series New World studies;New World studies.
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
- Adopting a comparative and multidisciplinary approach to Puerto Rican literature, the author juxtaposes narratives by insular and U.S. Puerto Rican women authors in order to examine their convergences and divergences. By showing how these writers use the trope of family to question the tenets of racial and social harmony, an idealized past, and patriarchal authority that sustain the foundational myth of la gran familia, she argues that this metaphor constitutes an overlooked literary contact zone between narratives from both sides. She proposes the recognition of a transinsular corpus to reflect the increasingly transnational character of the Puerto Rican population and addresses the need to broaden the literary canon in order to include the diaspora. Drawing on the fields of historiography, cultural studies, and gender studies, the author defies the tendency to examine these literary bodies independently of one another and therefore aims to present a more nuanced and holistic vision of this literature.
- The literary canon and Puerto Rican national culture — Our family, our nation: revisiting la gran familia puertorriquena — Retrieving the past: the silenced narrate — Patriarchal foundations: contesting gender/sexual paradigms.
Subjects:
- American literature — Puerto Rican authors — History and criticism.
- Puerto Rican literature — Women authors — History and criticism.
- Families in literature.
- Feminism and literature — United States — History — 20th century.
- American literature — Women authors — History and criticism.
- Puerto Rican women — United States — Intellectual life.
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