Latining America : Black-Brown passages and the coloring of Latino/a studies /

Employing a rich cultural studies approach, Milian (Duke Univ.) argues for a reinterpretation of Latino and African American subjectivities that emphasizes hemispheric connections of race. The author raises new questions about how terms such as "Latin" and "brown" have been understood and employed in the US since the 1920s. Exploring the work of well-known authors (including Langston Hughes, John Rechy, Richard Rodriguez, Gloria Anzaldua, and Junot Diaz) and spotlighting lesser-known memoirists and writers (including Evelio Grillo and Roman de la Campa), Milian's interdisciplinary analysis will push advanced scholars to ask new questions about the politics of identification, the racialization of Central Americans, and other topics. An important addition to the growing scholarship on Latino literature and culture in the US, this is one of the few published books to pair that analysis with an exploration of African American writers. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty. S. Pitti Yale University