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...there is no doubt that Jimenez Garcia has made an important and necessary contribution that sits at the intersection of Youth Literature and Latinx Studies. Side by Side is a great source for scholars doing comparative work between the lands, waters, and peoples that make up the US settler-colony and empire, and for those studying power dynamics in multiple contexts.--Adriana De Persia Colon International Journal of Young Adult Literature Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture expertly crafts a comparative analysis of how children and childhood were invoked in literature and popular culture by white US authors, Puerto Ricans on the island, and Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Marilisa Jimenez Garcia provides a necessary critical analysis of texts often deemed politically neutral because they are for and/or are about children. In doing so, she demonstrates how Puerto Rican children are central to understanding historical and contemporary debates about Puerto Rican cultural politics.--Jillian M. Baez, author of In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship

Side by Side is a timely intervention into Latinx Studies and is sure to engage readers interested in a comprehensive, well-researched investigation of Puerto Rican literature and culture.--Trevor Bofone Latino Studies Side by Side builds on important scholarship by Vanessa Valdes, Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez, and Sonia Nieto. Written in clear prose that offers rich historical detail, the book is highly adaptable to the classroom, both for its content and as an example of a compelling methodology at work.--William Orchard Cento Journal ...there is no doubt that Jimenez Garcia has made an important and necessary contribution that sits at the intersection of Youth Literature and Latinx Studies. Side by Side is a great source for scholars doing comparative work between the lands, waters, and peoples that make up the US settler-colony and empire, and for those studying power dynamics in multiple contexts.--Adriana De Persia Colon International Journal of Young Adult Literature Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture expertly crafts a comparative analysis of how children and childhood were invoked in literature and popular culture by white US authors, Puerto Ricans on the island, and Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Marilisa Jimenez Garcia provides a necessary critical analysis of texts often deemed politically neutral because they are for and/or are about children. In doing so, she demonstrates how Puerto Rican children are central to understanding historical and contemporary debates about Puerto Rican cultural politics.--Jillian M. Baez, author of In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship

"The arguments laid bare in Side By Side are groundbreaking, and this text is the first of its kind; Jiménez García should be applauded for her complex, thoughtful, unapologetic addition to the academic discussion.--Hilary Brewster ""Children's Literature"" Side by Side is a timely intervention into Latinx Studies and is sure to engage readers interested in a comprehensive, well-researched investigation of Puerto Rican literature and culture.--Trevor Bofone ""Latino Studies"" Side by Side builds on important scholarship by Vanessa Valdés, Lisa Sánchez González, and Sonia Nieto. Written in clear prose that offers rich historical detail, the book is highly adaptable to the classroom, both for its content and as an example of a compelling methodology at work.--William Orchard ""Cento Journal"" ...there is no doubt that Jiménez García has made an important and necessary contribution that sits at the intersection of Youth Literature and Latinx Studies. Side by Side is a great source for scholars doing comparative work between the lands, waters, and peoples that make up the US settler-colony and empire, and for those studying power dynamics in multiple contexts.--Adriana De Persia Colón ""International Journal of Young Adult Literature"" Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture expertly crafts a comparative analysis of how children and childhood were invoked in literature and popular culture by white US authors, Puerto Ricans on the island, and Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Marilisa Jiménez García provides a necessary critical analysis of texts often deemed politically neutral because they are for and/or are about children. In doing so, she demonstrates how Puerto Rican children are central to understanding historical and contemporary debates about Puerto Rican cultural politics.--Jillian M. Báez, author of In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship"

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Marilisa Jiménez García is assistant professor of English and Latinx studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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