Améfrica in Letters: Literary Interventions from Mexico to the Southern Cone

Traditional histories of Black letters in Latin America have delimited their geographic scope to the Caribbean while also omitting intertwined Afro-Indigenous discourses. Inspired by the legacy of Amefrican thinker Lélia Gonzalez, Améfrica in Letters highlights the Black poets, songwriters, novelists, essayists, and bloggers who have created a counter-multiculturalist literary history on the Latin American mainland. To capture a sense of the variety of their contributions, this book spans Mexico, Central America, the Andes, and the Southern Cone--highlighting the transcontinental nature of the legacy of Black writing and its impact beyond national boundaries. The writers examined in the volume engage with regional intellectual frameworks while putting into circulation a demand for a recalibration of the Hispanophone and Lusophone contexts in which they and other Afrodescendants reside.

Author: Jennifer Carolina Gómez Menjívar
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 11/15/2022
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780826505149
ISBN10: 0826505147
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American
- Social Science | Black Studies (Global)
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 21st Century

About the Author
Jennifer C. Gómez Menjívar is an associate professor at the University of North Texas.