Luso-American Literature : Writings by Portuguese-Speaking Authors in North America (Multi-ethnic Literatures of the Americas (Mela))

Moser, Robert Henry (EDT)/ Tosta, Antonio Luciano de Andrade (EDT)

Rutgers University Press（2011/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 416 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813550589
• DDC分類 869.080973

Full Description

Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience.

Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction

Part 1: Portuguese Voices
I. Origins and Destinations
II. Saudade
III. Cultural Clashes

Part 2: Brazilian Voices
I. Sojourners and Travelers
II. Brazuca and Beyond
III. Reimagining the Hyphen

Part 3: Cape Verdean Voices

Index
Sources
About the Editors