Synopses & Reviews
This book undertakes the most comprehensive and theoretically rigorous examination to date of Luis Rafael S¡nchez's work in the context of cultural politics in Puerto Rico, and of the international and regional dimensions of S¡nchez's work in relation to the unique status of Puerto Rico as a commonwealth and colony. It explores S¡nchez's ambivalent position as a member of an intellectual elite, a spokesman for
el pueblo, and a Puerto Rican mulatto whose working-class background allows him to highlight unprecedented possibilities for political agency within popular and mass culture.
Through analyses of S¡nchez's theater, prose, and essays, John Perivolaris examines continuing struggles to define Puerto Rican cultural identity. His detailed readings illuminate S¡nchez's ironically humorous deployment of traditionally conservative paradigms of national and individual identity in his postcolonial critique of racialization, gender, sexuality, and Hispanism in the colony. This study fills a long-standing need for an introduction to the work of a major Caribbean and Latin American writer.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-203).
Synopsis
This book undertakes the most comprehensive and theoretically rigorous examination to date of Luis Rafael Snchez's work in the context of cultural politics in Puerto Rico, and of the international and regional dimensions of Snchez's work in relation to the unique status of Puerto Rico as a commonwealth and colony. It explores Snchez's ambivalent position as a member of an intellectual elite, a spokesman for
el pueblo, and a Puerto Rican mulatto whose working-class background allows him to highlight unprecedented possibilities for political agency within popular and mass culture.
Through analyses of Snchez's theater, prose, and essays, John Perivolaris examines continuing struggles to define Puerto Rican cultural identity. His detailed readings illuminate Snchez's ironically humorous deployment of traditionally conservative paradigms of national and individual identity in his postcolonial critique of racialization, gender, sexuality, and Hispanism in the colony. This study fills a long-standing need for an introduction to the work of a major Caribbean and Latin American writer.
About the Author
John Dimitri Perivolaris is assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Manchester, England.