The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature

The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature emphasizes the importance of understanding Latina/o literature not simply as a U.S. ethnic phenomenon but more broadly as a trans-American tradition extending from the sixteenth century to the present. Engaging with the dynamics of transculturation, linguistic and cultural difference, and the uneven distribution of power across the Americas that characterize Latina/o literature, the essays in this History provide a critical overview of key texts, authors, themes, and contexts as discussed by leading scholars in the field. This book demonstrates the relevance of Latina/o literature for a world defined by legacies of coloniality, the imposition of militarized borders, and the transnational migration of people, commodities, and cultural practices.

John Morán González is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Border Renaissance: The Texas Centennial and the Emergence of Mexican American Literature and The Troubled Union: Expansionist Imperatives in Post-Reconstruction American Novels. His articles and reviews have appeared in American Literature, American Literary History, Aztlán, Nineteenth-Century Contexts, Symbolism, Western Historical Quarterly, and Western American Literature. He edited The Cambridge Companion to Latina/o American Literature (2016).

Laura Lomas is Associate Professor in English and American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, where she teaches Latina/o and comparative American literature. Her first book, Translating Empire: José Martí, Migrant Latino Subjects and American Modernities, won the MLA Prize for Latina/o and Chicana/o literature and an honorable mention from the Latin American Studies Association’s Latina/o Studies Section. She has published essays in Small Axe, The Latino Nineteenth Century, Translation Review, Cuban Studies, the Journal of American Studies, Comparative American Studies and American Literature.