{"product_id":"coming-of-age-in-the-afro-latin-american-novel-9781648250286","title":"Coming of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the dimensions of the coming-of-age novel in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Brazil, focusing on works by eight major Afro-Latin American writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe centuries-old European genre of the coming-of-age story has been transformed by contemporary Afro-Latin American novelists to address key aspects of the diaspora in various nations of the Caribbean and Latin America. While attention to Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Brazilian literature has increased in recent decades, few critics have focused specifically on the Afro-Latin American \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman, \u003c\/i\u003eand fewer still have addressed novels from both Spanish- and Brazilian-speaking regions, as author Bonnie Wasserman does in this study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe memory and continuing impact of slavery especially shape these coming-of-age stories. Often interwoven with race is a focus on religion, particularly the importance of African folk religions and traditions in the lives of young people. Immigration-and the return journey-is another important theme in the novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses works\u0026amp;emdash;all published around the turn of the 21st century\u0026amp;emdash;by such important writers as Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Mayra Santos-Febres (from Puerto Rico), Conceição Evaristo and Paulo Lins (from Brazil); Teresa Cardenas and Pedro Pérez Sarduy (from Cuba); and Junot Diaz and Rita Indiana (from the Dominican Republic). Wasserman's far-reaching analysis is both rigorous and compassionate, shedding a clear light on ways in which descendants of Africans have experienced life in the New World.","brand":"Bonnie S. Wasserman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48268193005819,"sku":"9781648250286","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781648250286.jpg?v=1772485987","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/coming-of-age-in-the-afro-latin-american-novel-9781648250286","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}