Latino USA, Revised Edition

Name: Latino USA, Revised Edition
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Latino USA represents the culmination of Ilan Stavans' lifelong determination to meet the challenges of capturing the joys, nuances, and multiple dimensions of Latino culture within the context of the English language. In this cartoon history of Latinos, Stavans also seeks to combine the solemnity of so-called serious literature" and history with the inherently theatrical and humorous nature of the comics. Stavans represents Hispanic civilization as a fiesta of types, archetypes, and stereotypes. These multiple, at times contradictory voices, each narrating various episodes of Latino history from a unique perspective, combine to create a carnivalesque rhythm, which is democratic and impartial. Latino USA , like the history it so entertainingly relates, is a dazzling kaleidoscope of irreverence, wit, subversion, anarchy, politics, humanism, celebration, and serious and responsible history.

Author Biography:

Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-born essayist and cultural critic and the author of over 20 books. Since 1993 he has been on the faculty at Amherst College, Massachusetts, where he is the Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture. He has also taught a various other institutions, including Columbia University. In 1997, Stavans was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and has been the recipient of international prizes and honours, including the Latino Literature Prize, Chile's Presidential Medal, and the Ruben Dario Distinction. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Release date Australia

April 3rd, 2012

Author

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Illustrated by Ilan Stavans
Illustrated by Lalo Alcaraz

Country of Publication

United States

Illustrations

YES; YES

Imprint

Basic Books

Pages

240

Publisher

Basic Books

Dimensions

183x231x15

ISBN-13

9780465082506

Product ID

12577488

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