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Redreaming America: Toward a Bilingual American Culture

Debra A. Castillo

3.7/5 ( ratings)

What would American literature look like in languages other than English, and what would Latin American literature look like if we understood the United States to be a Latin American country and took seriously the work by U.S. Latinos/as in Spanish? Debra A. Castillo explores these questions by highlighting the contributions of Latinos/as writing in Spanish and Spanglish. Beginning with the anonymously published 1826 novel Jicotencal and ending with fiction published at the turn of the twenty-first century, the book details both the characters' and authors' struggles with how to define an American self. Writers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico are featured prominently, alongside a sampling of those writers from other Latin American heritages . Castillo concludes by offering some thoughts on U.S. curricular practice.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: December 09, 2004

ISBN: 0791462986

ISBN 13: 9780791462980

Redreaming America: Toward a Bilingual American Culture

Debra A. Castillo

3.7/5 ( ratings)

What would American literature look like in languages other than English, and what would Latin American literature look like if we understood the United States to be a Latin American country and took seriously the work by U.S. Latinos/as in Spanish? Debra A. Castillo explores these questions by highlighting the contributions of Latinos/as writing in Spanish and Spanglish. Beginning with the anonymously published 1826 novel Jicotencal and ending with fiction published at the turn of the twenty-first century, the book details both the characters' and authors' struggles with how to define an American self. Writers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico are featured prominently, alongside a sampling of those writers from other Latin American heritages . Castillo concludes by offering some thoughts on U.S. curricular practice.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: December 09, 2004

ISBN: 0791462986

ISBN 13: 9780791462980

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