Ciudadanã-A. Notas Sobre Un Mito Americano / Citizenship. Notes on an American Myth [Spanish]

By Daisy Hernández

"Personal, profunda, comprometida y abarcadora... Esta es una obra esencial para estos tiempos convulsos." --BOOKLIST (rese a destacada)

Este libro no se parece a ninguno. En l, Daisy Hern ndez se adentra, con perspicacia y precisi n, en uno de los temas m s complejos de la vida y la pol tica contempor neas: la ciudadan a. Teje una historia nacional desde una mirada personal, al profundizar en el debate m s actual en Estados Unidos: qui n pertenece y qui n no pertenece a un pa s?

Con su inigualable talento narrativo, Hern ndez entrecruza memorias familiares, costumbres de sus padres en Colombia y Cuba, sucesos personales, con pasajes fundamentales de la historia mundial, usando la cr tica cultural como punto de partida para desnudar mitos persistentes. Conmovedor, valiente y tierno a partes iguales, Ciudadan a es un poderoso retrato de las experiencias de los emigrantes y una iluminadora reflexi n sobre la pertenencia.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A provocative, personal, blazingly intelligent examination of one of the most vexing questions facing the United States today: Who is, and should be, a citizen?

"How did 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free' turn upside down to where we are today? Everyone needs to read this book, citizens and non-citizens alike. Brilliant "--Sandra Cisneros

"The most comprehensive book on citizenship/immigration I've ever read. A must-read "--Javier Zamora.

In this one-of-a-kind book, Daisy Hern ndez fiercely interrogates one of the most complicated subjects of contemporary life and politics: citizenship. Braiding memoir, history, and cultural criticism, she exposes the truths and lies of how we define ourselves as a country and a people. Turning to her own family's stories--her mother arrived from Colombia, while her father was a political refugee from Castro's Cuba--Hern ndez shows how the very idea of citizenship is a myth, one of the stories we tell ourselves about the American soul and psyche.

Reframing our understanding of what it means to be an American, Citizenship is an urgent and necessary account of the laws, customs, and language we use to include and exclude, especially those who come from Latin America. With her scholar's mind and memoirist's gift for narrative, Hern ndez weaves a story both personal and national, while reckoning with our country's ongoing debate about who belongs and providing fresh ways of thinking about citizenship. At once bracing, fearless, and tender, Citizenship is a powerful portrait of one family's experiences in the borderlands of citizenship and an honest illumination of the country in which we live.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: B0GG63Z4WL
• ISBN13: 9798890987730
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Vintage Espanol
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.