Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination

Synopsis

The First Sustained Critical Examination Of The Work Of Dominican-american Writer Junot Díaz, This Interdisciplinary Collection Considers How Díaz's Writing Illuminates The World Of Latino Cultural Expression And Trans-american And Diasporic Literary History. Interested In Conceptualizing Díaz's Decolonial Imagination And His Radically Re-envisioned World, The Contributors Show How His Aesthetic And Activist Practice Reflect A Significant Shift In American Letters Toward A Hemispheric And Planetary Culture. They Examine The Intersections Of Race, Afro-latinidad, Gender, Sexuality, Disability, Poverty, And Power In Díaz's Work. Essays In The Volume Explore Issues Of Narration, Language, And Humor In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, The Racialized Constructions Of Gender And Sexuality In Drown And This Is How You Lose Her, And The Role Of The Zombie In The Short Story Monstro. Collectively, They Situate Díaz's Writing In Relation To American And Latin American Literary Practices And Reveal The Author's Activist Investments. The Volume Concludes With Paula Moya's Interview With Díaz. -- Publisher's Description Against The Discursive Latino: On The Politics And Praxis Of Junot Díaz's Latinidad / Arlene Dávila -- The Decolonizer's Guide To Disability / Julie Avril Minich -- Laughing Through A Broken Mouth In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao / Lyn Di Iorio -- A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Cannibalist : Reading Yunior (writing) In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao / Monica Hanna -- Artistry, Ancestry, And Americanness In The Works Of Junot Díaz / Silvio Torres-saillant -- This Is How You Lose It : Navigating Dominicanidad In Junot Díaz's Drown / Ylce Irizarry -- Latino/a Deracination And The New Latin American Novel / Claudia Milian -- Dictating A Zafa : The Power Of Narrative Form As Ruin-reading / Jennifer Harford Vargas -- Dismantling The Master's House : The Decolonial Literary Imaginations Of Audre Lorde And Junot Díaz / Paula M.l. Moya -- Now Check It : Junot Díaz's Wondrous Spanglish / Glenda Carpio -- A Planetary Warning : The Multilayered Caribbean Zombie In Monstro / Sarah Quesada -- Junot Díaz's Search For Decolonial Aesthetics And Love / José David Saldívar -- Sucia Love : Losing, Lying, And Leaving In Junot Díaz's This Is How You Lose Her? / Deborah R. Vargas -- Chiste Apocalyptus : Prospero In The Caribbean And The Art Of Power / Ramón Saldívar -- The Search For Decolonial Love : A Conversation Between Junot Díaz And Paula M.l. Moya. Edited By Monica Hanna, Jennifer Harford Vargas, And José David Saldívar. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.