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The Hispanic Condition: The Power of a People

by Ilan Stavans

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In The Hispanic Condition, Ilan Stavans offers a subtle and insightful meditation on Hispanic society in the United States. A native of Mexico, Stavans has emerged as one of the most distinguished Latin American writers of our time, an award-winning novelist and critic praised by scholars and beloved by readers. In this pioneering psycho-historical profile, he delves into the cultural differences and similarities among the five major Hispanic groups: Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Central and South Americans, and Spaniards.

Masterfully interweaving historical, literary, and political references with his personal experience, Stavans discusses the divisions within a common heritage; customs of music, love, sex, marriage, and religious belief; the role of the intellectual in society; ideological struggle; and the hopeful visions of the future at the core of a civilization rooted in the trauma of the past.

About the Author

Ilán Stavans nació en México, en 1961. Cursó estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Columbia, y ahora tiene la cátedra Lewis-Sebring de cultura latina y latinoamericana en Amherst College.

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sibring Professor of Latin American and Latino Cultures at Amherst College. His books include On Borrowed Words, The Riddle of Cantinflas,and The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories.He has been a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and the recipient of the Latino Literature Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors. His work has been translated into half a dozen languages. Routledge published The Essential Ilan Stavansin 2000, and his memoir On Borrowed Wordswill be published in the Fall 2001.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060935863
Author:
Stavans, Ilan
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Ilan Stavans
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Minority Studies - Ethnic American
Subject:
Minority Studies
Subject:
Hispanic americans
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - General
Subject:
Minority Studies - General
Subject:
General Social Science
Subject:
Ethnic Studies-Immigration
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series Volume:
GTR-513
Publication Date:
20011131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.12x5.32x.69 in. .67 lbs.

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