Broken souths :
Dowdy, Michael.
Broken souths : Latina/o poetic responses to neoliberalism and globalization / Michael Dowdy. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Contesting the counter-revolution: a Latina/o literary geography of the neoliberal era -- Hemispheric otherwises in the shadow of 1968: Mart�in Espada's Zapatista poems -- Molotovs and subtleties:Juan Felipe Herrera's post-movement Norteam�erica -- Against the neoliberal state: Roberto Bola�no's country of writing and Mart�in Espada's republic of poetry -- Andando entre dos mundos: Maurice Kilwein Guevara's and Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Appalachian Latino poetics -- "Migration . . . is not a crime": Puerto Rican status and "t-shirt solidarity" in Judith Ortiz Cofer, Victor Hern�andez Cruz, andJack Ag�ueros -- Godzilla in Mexico City: poetics of infrastructure in Jos�e Emilio Pacheco and Roberto Bola�no -- Coda: Too much of it: Marjorie Agos�in's and Valerie Mart�inez's representations of femicide in the Maquila Zone.
"Broken Souths offers the first in-depth study of the diverse field of contemporary Latina/o poetry. Its innovative angle of approach puts Latina/o and Latin American poets into sustained conversation in original and rewarding ways. In addition, author Michael Dowdy presents ecocritical readings that foreground the environmental dimensions of current Latina/o poetics"--Provided by publisher.
9780816599578 (e-book)
American poetry--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Hispanic Americans in literature.
Electronic books.
PS153.H56 / D69 2013
811.009/868
Broken souths : Latina/o poetic responses to neoliberalism and globalization / Michael Dowdy. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Contesting the counter-revolution: a Latina/o literary geography of the neoliberal era -- Hemispheric otherwises in the shadow of 1968: Mart�in Espada's Zapatista poems -- Molotovs and subtleties:Juan Felipe Herrera's post-movement Norteam�erica -- Against the neoliberal state: Roberto Bola�no's country of writing and Mart�in Espada's republic of poetry -- Andando entre dos mundos: Maurice Kilwein Guevara's and Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Appalachian Latino poetics -- "Migration . . . is not a crime": Puerto Rican status and "t-shirt solidarity" in Judith Ortiz Cofer, Victor Hern�andez Cruz, andJack Ag�ueros -- Godzilla in Mexico City: poetics of infrastructure in Jos�e Emilio Pacheco and Roberto Bola�no -- Coda: Too much of it: Marjorie Agos�in's and Valerie Mart�inez's representations of femicide in the Maquila Zone.
"Broken Souths offers the first in-depth study of the diverse field of contemporary Latina/o poetry. Its innovative angle of approach puts Latina/o and Latin American poets into sustained conversation in original and rewarding ways. In addition, author Michael Dowdy presents ecocritical readings that foreground the environmental dimensions of current Latina/o poetics"--Provided by publisher.
9780816599578 (e-book)
American poetry--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.
Hispanic Americans in literature.
Electronic books.
PS153.H56 / D69 2013
811.009/868