Book
Publishing Latinidad: Latinx literary and intellectual production, 1880-1960
The University of Arizona Press
2025
Appears in Recent Books by UI Authors
Abstract
Publishing Latinidad brings to light the overlooked contributions of early Latinx writers and intellectuals, offering a fresh perspective on their roles in shaping American literary and cultural landscapes.
Jose O. Fernandez meticulously examines the works of notable figures like José Martí, Arturo Schomburg, Jesús Colón, José de la Luz Sáenz, Adela Sloss-Vento, and Américo Paredes, illuminating their innovative approaches to circumventing exclusionary practices in the publishing world. He demonstrates how these writers and intellectuals entered literary, cultural, and intellectual discourses through alternative modes of literary production: crónicas, translations, paratexts, bibliographies, archival practices, sketches, diaries, biographies, unpublished fiction, and scholarly monographs. Through these examples, Fernandez situates Latinx literary production in this time period within the broader context of racial and ethnic solidarity movements in the United States.
Publishing Latinidad is essential reading for anyone interested in the social and cultural underpinnings of Latinx literature and intellectual thought. It challenges traditional narratives and enriches our appreciation of the diverse voices that have long been instrumental in the fight for justice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Publishing Latinidad: Latinx literary and intellectual production, 1880-1960
- Creators
- Jose O Fernandez
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780816554379; 0816554374; 0816554366; 9780816554362
- eISBN
- 9780816554386
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press; Tucson
- Number of pages
- 282 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2025
- Academic Unit
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984756241402771
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