Symbolism 17: Latina/O Literature: The Trans-Atlantic and the Trans-American in Dialogue

The complex nature of globalization increasingly requires a comparative approach to literature in order to understand how migration and commodity flows impact aesthetic production and expressive practices. This special issue of Symbolism: An International Journal of Critical Aesthetics explores the trans-American dimensions of Latina/o literature in a trans-Atlantic context. Examining the theoretical implications suggested by the comparison of the global North-global South dynamics of material and aesthetic exchange, this volume highlights emergent Latina/o authors, texts, and methodologies of interest in for comparative literary studies. In the essays, literary scholars address questions of the transculturation, translation, and reception of Latina/o literature in the United States and Europe. In the interviews, emergent Latina/o authors speak to the processes of creative writing in a transnational context. This volume suggests how the trans-American dialogues found in contemporary Latina/o literature elucidates trans-Atlantic critical dialogues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110530414
• ISBN13: 9783110530414
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary