Trans-Americanity: Subaltern Modernities, Global Coloniality, and the Cultures of Greater Mexico
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Pages / Font | 304 pages |
| ISBN 13 | 9780822350835 |
| Chapters | Preface: Americanity Otherwise ix Acknowledgments xxix 1. Unsettling Race, Coloniality, and Caste in Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera, Martínez's Parrot in the Oven, and Roy's The God of Small Things 1 2. Migratory Locations: Subaltern Modernity and José Martí's Trans-American Cultural Criticism 31 3. Looking Awry at the War of 1898: Theodore Roosevelt versus Miguel Barnet and Esteban Montejo 57 4. In Search of the "Mexican Elvis": Border Matters, Americanity, and Post–State-centric Thinking 75 5. Making U.S. Democracy Surreal: Political Race, Transmodern Realism, and the Miner's Canary 90 6. The Outernational Origins of Chicano/a Literature: Paredes's Asian-Pacific Routes and Hinojosa's Cuban Casa de las Américas Roots 123 7. Transnationalism Contested: On Sandra Cisnero's The House on Mango Street and Caramelo or Puro Cuento 152 Appendix: On the Borderlands of U.S. Empire: The Limitations of Geography, Ideology, and Discipline 183 Notes 213 References 239 Index 257 |
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