Cosmopolitan strangers in US Latinx literature and culture : building bridges, not walls / edited by Esther Álvarez-López and Andrea Fernández-García.

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

©2023

ix, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"This book presents a study of the figure of the stranger in US Latinx literary and cultural forms, ranging from contemporary novels through essays to film and transborder art activism. The focus on this abject figure is two-fold: first, to explore its potential to expose the processes of othering to which Latinxs are subjected; and second, to foreground its epistemic response to neocolonial structures and beliefs. Thus, this book draws on relevant sociological literature on the stranger to expose the political and social processes behind the recognition of Latinxs as 'out of place.' On the other hand, and most importantly, this volume follows the path of neo-cosmopolitan approaches to bring to the fore processes of interrelatedness, interaction, and conviviality that run counter to criminalizing discourses around Latinxs. Through an engagement with these theoretical tenets, the goal of this book is to showcase the role of the Latinx stranger as a cosmopolitan mediator that transforms walls into bridges"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Cosmopolitan strangers in US Latinx literature and culture New York, NY : Routledge, 2023

English

September 20, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.