Essays about: "Afro-Latinidad"

Found 1 essay containing the word Afro-Latinidad.

  1. 1. “Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World”: the Decolonized Chronotope, Liminality, and Dialogics in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Clarissa Grace Chang; [2016]
    Keywords : contemporary literature; Junot Díaz; decolonized chronotope; decolonial imagination; heteroglossia; New Jersey; Dominican Republic; Afro-Latinidad; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Narratives focusing on People of Color often suffer from neocolonial treatment with narrow focus on race at the expense of character development, working with stereotypical monoliths rather than complex individuals. These types of narratives tend to use Whiteness as a “neutral” reference point. READ MORE