Remapping the Latina/O Literary Landscape

This book broadens the scope of Latina/o criticism to include both widely-read and understudied nineteenth through twenty-first century fictional works that engage in critical discussions of gender, race, sexuality, and identity. The essays in this collection do not simply seek inclusion for the texts they critically discuss, but suggest that we more thoughtfully consider the utility of mapping, whether we are mapping land, borders, time, migration, or connections and disconnections across time and space. Using new and rigorous methodological approaches to reading Latina/o literature, contributors reveal a varied and textured landscape, challenging us to reconsider the process and influence of literary production across borders.

Cristina Herrera is Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA. She is the author ofContemporary Chicana Literature: (Re)Writing the Maternal Script and has published inChicana/Latina Studies, Confluencia, and Journal of Caribbean Literatures.

Larissa M. Mercado-Lopez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at California State University, Fresno, USA. Mercado-Lopez is the co-editor of El Mundo Zurdo 3 and El Mundo Zurdo 4, and has published in Dialogo, Chicana/Latina Studies, and collections from Demeter Press.