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OverviewThe Latinx Urban Condition brings together interdisciplinary cultural theory and U.S. Latinx urban literature into conversation, focusing on the realities and urban experiences of Latinx living in major cities in the United States from the 1960s to the present. The manuscript focuses on analyzing the works of Latinx authors who write about the city in which they were raised and how growing up in these environments shaped their lives, their communities, and their future. Their fictional work helps us understand how the human and cultural tapestry of the Latinx community is inextricably connected to the spatial transformations taking place in many cities across the country, most notably within the cities the authors write about in their narratives. This is particularly true when the city is represented through a fictional narrative, which is full of detailed information about the realities of structural inequality in education, residential segregation, urban cultural identity, discrimination, experiences of exile, oppression, urban desires, integration, and disillusionment. The main purpose is to analyze the symbolic realities lived by the characters in order to understand how Latino families and communities are experiencing displacement under instituted neoliberal policies, a process known as development and progress or gentrification. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Crescencio Lopez-GonzalezPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781498570268ISBN 10: 1498570267 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 24 January 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1.Geographic Displacement: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Mexican Americans 2.Displacement, Memories, and Desires: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Puerto Ricans 3.Geographies of Trauma, Memories, and Deceit: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Dominican Americans 4.Floating Urban Geographies of Trauma, Detachment, and Dislocation: The Urban Experiences and Realities of Cuban Americans 5.Conclusion: The Latinx Urban ConditionReviewsIn this expansive study of Latinx literature and culture, Crescencio Lopez-Gonzalez investigates how race and capitalism undergird neoliberal policies that gentrify, uproot, and displace Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Dominican-American, and Cuban-American communities. Arguing that urbanization shapes the experiences of Latinx writers and cultural producers, Lopez-Gonzalez's thorough study deftly and critically examines one of the central concerns of Latinx literature: the desire to create space and ultimately, of finding home.--Cristina Herrera, California State University, Fresno In this expansive study of Latinx literature and culture, Crescencio Lopez-Gonzalez investigates how race and capitalism undergird neoliberal policies that gentrify, uproot, and displace Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Dominican-American, and Cuban-American communities. Arguing that urbanization shapes the experiences of Latinx writers and cultural producers, Lopez-Gonzalez's thorough study deftly and critically examines one of the central concerns of Latinx literature: the desire to create space and ultimately, of finding home.--Cristina Herrera, California State University, Fresno As they do in many urban neighborhoods, Latinos from multiple backgrounds come together in Lopez-Gonzalez's analysis of the birth of a Latinx urban identity through the inner-city experience. The Latinx Urban Condition is a timely and important contribution to the cultural study of Latinos in the cities.--Manuel Martin Rodriguez, University of California, Merced As they do in many urban neighborhoods, Latinos from multiple backgrounds come together in Lopez-Gonzalez's analysis of the birth of a Latinx urban identity through the inner-city experience. The Latinx Urban Condition is a timely and important contribution to the cultural study of Latinos in the cities.--Manuel Martin Rodriguez, University of California, Merced In this expansive study of Latinx literature and culture, Crescencio Lopez-Gonzalez investigates how race and capitalism undergird neoliberal policies that gentrify, uproot, and displace Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Dominican-American, and Cuban-American communities. Arguing that urbanization shapes the experiences of Latinx writers and cultural producers, Lopez-Gonzalez's thorough study deftly and critically examines one of the central concerns of Latinx literature: the desire to create space and ultimately, of finding home.--Cristina Herrera, California State University, Fresno Author InformationCrescencio López-González is associate professor of Latinx Studies at Utah State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |