Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature

by Christopher González

Book Overview

In his groundbreaking new study, Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature, Christopher Gonz lez examines the difficulties Latina/o writers face in writing beyond the narrow expectations of U.S. readership in the stories they tell. Gonz lez argues that a constrained conception of the possibilities of storytelling by and about Latinos diminishes the development and progression of narrative form. Through an examination of Latina/o...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814254411
• ISBN13: 9780814254417
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"