| Format | Hardcover |
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Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature
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| Part of series: | Cognitive Approaches to Culture |
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| Print length: | 208 pages |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | The Ohio State University Press |
| Publication date: | 21 September 2017 |
| Dimensions: | 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm |
| ISBN-10: | 0814213502 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0814213506 |
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In his groundbreaking new study, Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature , Christopher González examines the difficulties Latina/o writers face in writing beyond the narrow expectations of U.S. readership in the stories they tell. González argues that a constrained conception of the possibilities of storytelling by and about Latinos diminishes the development and progression of narrative form. Through an examination of Latina/o writers against the a priori mode of engaging with nonethnic literature in the United States, González explores the limitations and challenges Latina/o authors have confronted via the shaping power of their narratives to reach a sustainable audience. Bringing together cultural critique, memory, narratology, cognition, and comprehension, González examines Latina/o authors-such as Oscar “”Zeta”” Acosta, Gloria Anzaldúa, Piri Thomas, Giannina Braschi, Gilbert Hernandez, Sandra Cisneros, and Junot Díaz-investigating how they successfully, and sometimes unsuccessfully, use the expansive canvas of narrative form to capture the imaginations of an open-minded readership. Permissible Narratives highlights both the inequitable accessibility of narrative devices and, crucially, the daring of Latina/o authors to nurture a readership to afford the same literary deference to them that is so often afforded to white, male, straight authors. —- ISBN: 9780814213506
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