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Literary Criticism Caribbean & Latin American

Writing from the Borderlands

A Study of Chicano, Afro-Caribbean and Native Literatures in North America

by (author) Carmen Caliz-Montroro

Publisher
Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jan 2000
Category
Caribbean & Latin American
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920661871
    Publish Date
    Jan 2000
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

This work looks at three "borderlands" literary responses: those of the Chicanos at the border between the southern United States and Mexico, the African Caribbean minority in Canada, and the Native North Americans. Carmen Cáliz-Montoro shows how in these diverse yet similar cases mythology and symbolism get transformed and recreated to respond to the burdens of history to produce new works of art.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Carmen Cáliz-Montoro was born in Barcelona, Spain. She arrived in Canada in 1988 thanks to a Government of Canada Award, and completed her PhD on poetry at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. She has taught courses on Spanish and English literature and in Women's Studies both in Canada and in Spain, and has done translations and published her own poetry in both these countries as well as in the United States.

Editorial Reviews

"A beautiful discourse on feminine spirituality in literature. Cáliz-Montoro's writing is distinguished by a sincere search for truth, harmony, and peace." --Frederick Ivor Case, University of Toronto