MILLS PROFESSOR CAULFIELD CO-EDITS COMPANION TO U.S. LATINO LITERATURES 

New Volume Documents Linguistic, Cultural Diversity of Latino Literature in U.S.

Oakland, CA - Carlota Caulfield, professor of Spanish and Spanish-American studies at Mills College, has co-edited the Companion to U.S. Latino Literatures with Darién J. Davis, associate professor of history and Latin American studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. The book was published last month by Tamesis Books, UK, the leading academic imprint outside Spain specializing in scholarly editions and monographs relating to the literature, history, art, and philology of the Spanish-speaking world.

According to Tamesis Books, the volume documents the linguistic and cultural diversity of Latino literary output in the U.S. Unique in its scope and perspective, it focuses on various literary genres and cinema related to Latinos. Each essay considers Latino writers who were born or raised in the U.S., as well as Latin American writers who took up residence in this country but may also be considered part of the literary scene of their countries of origin.

Each contributor offers their original perspective on the subject matter or theme, resulting in an inclusive spectrum of the voices of the U.S. Latin American diaspora.

Contributors include: Eva Bueno, Carlota Caulfield, Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez, Darién J. Davis, Jorge Febles, Lydia Gil, Armando González-Pérez, Patricia M. Montilla, Vincent Spina, Antonio Tosta, and Sergio Waisman.

The Companion to U.S. Latino Literatures features the following topics:

• Introduction: Pluralism in U.S. Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective
• Resistance, Revolution and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano
• The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros)
• The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States
• Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in U.S. Cuban Literature
• Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora
• Between the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature
• Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures
• American Dream: Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature
• Argentine Writers in the U.S.: Writing South, Living North
• Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States
• U.S. Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview 
• The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators

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