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PERMISSIBLE NARRATIVES IBD

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRES
09 / 2017
9780814213506
Anglès

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In his groundbreaking new study,áPermissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature, Christopher González examines the difficulties Latina/o writers face in writing beyond the narrow expectations of U.S. readership in the stories they tell. González argues that a constrained conception of the possibilities of storytelling by and about Latinos diminishes the development and progression of narrative form. Through an examination of Latina/o writers against theáa prioriámode of engaging with nonethnic literature in the United States, González explores the limitations and challenges Latina/o authors have confronted via the shaping power of their narratives to reach a sustainable audience.ááBringing together cultural critique, memory, narratology, cognition, and comprehension, González examines Latina/o authors-such as Oscar 'Zeta' Acosta, Gloria Anzaldúa, Piri Thomas, Giannina Braschi, Gilbert Hernandez, Sandra Cisneros, and Junot D¡az-investigating how they successfully, and sometimes unsuccessfully, use the expansive canvas of narrative form to capture the imaginations of an open-minded readership.áPermissible Narrativesáhighlights both the inequitable accessibility of narrative devices and, crucially, the daring of Latina/o authors to nurture a readership to afford the same literary deference to them that is so often afforded to white, male, straight authors.á ááá

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