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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction: Pluralism in US Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective 1
6. 1 Resistance, Revolution, and Recuperation: The Literary Production of 12 the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano 12
7. 2 The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros) 37
8. 3 The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States 51
9. 4 Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in US Cuban Literature 67
10. 5 Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora 88
11. 6 Between the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature 101
12. 7 Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures 120
13. 8 American Dream, Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature 140
14. 9 Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North 158
15. 10 A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States (or Towards a Jewish-Latino Literature) 177
16. 11 US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview 191
17. 12 The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators 208
18. Further Reading 227
19. Index 231