Critical mappings of Arturo Islas's fictions
Frederick Luis Aldama (Editor)
"The seventeen essays and interview collected in Critical Mappings of Arturo Islas's Fictions aim to enliven and enrich our understanding of one of our most important authors of contemporary Chicano/a letters. The late Arturo Islas wrote three novels including The Rain God and Migrant Souls, as well as many short stories. For much of his career, his work was rejected by the worlds of both mainstream and Chicano literature because of its experimental style and themes that focus on Chicanos learning to negotiate borders between nations, races, genders and sexualities. These essays map Islas's oeuvre to clear a space for the expression of a complex Chicano identity within a contemporary American canon."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, Tempe, Ariz., ©2008