Nepantla familias : an anthology of Mexican American literature on families in between worlds /

Nepantla familias : an anthology of Mexican American literature on families in between worlds /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021]
Description:	245 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wittliff Collections literary series Wittliff Collections literary series.
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity. Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Mexican American families. Mexican American families -- In literature. Mexican Americans in literature. Group identity in literature. Group identity in literature. Literature. Mexican American families. Mexican Americans -- Cultural assimilation. Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity. Mexican Americans in literature. Mexican-American Border Region -- In literature. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Essays. Poetry. Short stories. Essays. Poetry. Short stories.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12578745

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Other authors / contributors:	Troncoso, Sergio, 1961- editor.
ISBN:	9781623499631 1623499631 9781623499648
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Nepantla Familias brings together Mexican American narratives that explore and negotiate the many permutations of living in between different worlds: how the authors or their characters create or fail to create, a cohesive identity amid the contradictions in their lives. Nepantla or living in the inbetween space of the borderland is the focus of this anthology. The essays, poems, and short stories explore the in-between moments in Mexican American life: the family dynamics of living between traditional and contemporary worlds, between Spanish and English, between cultures with traditional and shifting identities. In times of change, family values are either adapted or discarded in the quest for self-discovery, part of the process of selecting and composing elements of a changing identity. Nepantla is the quintessential American experience that revives important foundational values through immigrants and the children of immigrants. Here readers will find a glimpse of contemporary Mexican American experience; here, also, readers will experience complexities of the geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders common to us all"--

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Summary:	"A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review 2021 Texas Book Festival Featured Book Nepantla Familias brings together Mexican American narratives that explore and negotiate the many permutations of living in between different worlds--how the authors or their characters create, or fail to create, a cohesive identity amid the contradictions in their lives. Nepantla --or living in the in-between space of the borderland--is the focus of this anthology. The essays, poems, and short stories explore the in-between moments in Mexican American life--the family dynamics of living between traditional and contemporary worlds, between Spanish and English, between cultures with traditional and shifting identities. In times of change, family values are either adapted or discarded in the quest for self-discovery, part of the process of selecting and composing elements of a changing identity. Edited by award-winning writer and scholar Sergio Troncoso, this anthology includes works from familiar and acclaimed voices such as David Dorado Romo, Sandra Cisneros, Alex Espinoza, Reyna Grande, and Francisco Cantú, as well as from important new voices, such as Stephanie Li, David Dominguez, and ire'ne lara silva. These are writers who open and expose the in-between places: through or at borders; among the past, present, and future; from tradition to innovation; between languages; in gender; about the wounds of the past and the victories of the present; of life and death. Nepantla Familias shows the quintessential American experience that revives important foundational values through immigrants and the children of immigrants. Here readers will find a glimpse of contemporary Mexican American experience; here, also, readers will experience complexities of the geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders common to us all. Includes the work of David Dorado Romo Reyna Grande Francisco Cantú Rigoberto González Alex Espinoza Domingo Martinez Oscar Cásares Lorraine M. López David Dominguez Stephanie Li Sheryl Luna José Antonio Rodríguez Deborah Paredez Diana Marie Delgado Diana López Severo Perez Octavio Solis ire'ne lara silva Rubén Degollado Helena María Viramontes Daniel Chacón Matt Mendez
Physical Description:	245 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781623499631 1623499631 9781623499648