Doubly troubling narratives Writing 'the oppression of possibility' in Puerto Rico and Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ylce Irizarry (0009-0006-4841-4722, East Carolina University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-217 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1477570006065259 |
| OpenAlex | W2076752943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Since the 'boom' of US ethnic writing, a number of writers have published novels dealing with the colonial-era Hispanic Caribbean. US-authored novels such as The Agüero Sisters (Cristina García, 1998) have received little critical attention in the USA. Similarly, English language novels written by Hispanic Caribbean authors such as The House on the Lagoon (Rosario Ferré, 1996) have received even less, if not hostile, critical attention from Caribbean scholars. Both novels locate the origins of Caribbean modernity in the violent movement from Iberian colonialism to US neo-colonialism. By comparing these novels' narrative concerns about writing, history and race, the complex relationship between 'possibility' and 'violence' they depict is delineated. Such texts reflect a growing corpus of historical fiction about the Hispanic Caribbean and complicate the flawed and persistent schism between US Latina and Latin American literary traditions
Art · Colonialism · Garcia · Humanities · Literature · Modernity · Narrative · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Schism · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies · Law
Looking Awry at 1898
From When I Was Puerto Rican
Cultures of United States Imperialism (review)
Sublime Desire
En busqueda del paraiso perdido
Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba
The Farming of Bones
When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away
Theorizing the hemisphere Inter-Americas work at the intersection of American, Canadian, and Latin American studies
The American Novel and its Tradition
Manifest Domesticity
Here Come the Yankees! The Rise and Decline of United States Colonies in Cuba, 1898-1930
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2014 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |