Table of Contents

Introduction: Pluralism in US Latino Literature: A Historical Perspective
Resistance, Revolution and Recuperation: The Literary Production of the Mestizo/Mexican-American/Chicano - Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros) - Eva Paulino Bueno
The Island as Mainland and the Revolving Door Motif: Contemporary Puerto Rican Literature of the United States - Patricia M. Montilla
Am I Who I Am? Identity Games in US Cuban Literature - Jorge Febles
Afro-Cuban Identity in the Theater of the Diaspora - Armando González-Pérez
Bewteen the Island and the Tenements: New Directions in Dominican-American Literature - Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez
Three Central American Writers: Alone Between Two Cultures - Vincent Spina
American Dream: Jeitinho Brasileiro: On the Crossroads of Cultural Identities in Brazilian-American Literature - Antonio Luciano de AndradeTosta
Argentine Writers in the US: Writing South, Living North - Sergio Waisman
A Balancing Act: Latin American Jewish Literature in the United States - Lydia Gil
US Latina Caribbean Women Poets: An Overview - Carlota Caulfield
The Latino Film Experience in History: A Dialogue Among Texts and Collaborators - Darién J Davis

Reviews

The collection ultimately introduces a range of different cultures into the Latino construct and the chapters' concern with issues such as border crossings and hybridity mark this as an important addition to the field of Latino studies.
*YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES*

A remarkable and valuable anthology that fulfils its aim as a companion to the burgeoning curricular and scholarly disciplines of US Latino Studies. Anyone interested in Latino writing.should go find this book and read it.
*THE AMERICAS, April 2008*

[O]ffers diverse literary and filmic commentary on contemporary Latino culture.
*ARIZONA JOURNAL OF HISPANIC CULTURAL STUDIES*