The Latino Nineteenth Century

A Retelling Of U.s., Latin American, And Latino/a Literary History Through Writing By Latinos/as Who Lived In The United States During The Long Nineteenth Centurywritten By Both Established And Emerging Scholars, The Essays In The Latino Nineteenth Century Engage Materials In Spanish And English And Genres Ranging From The Newspaper To The Novel, Delving Into New Texts And Areas Of Research As They Shed Light On Well-known Writers. This Volume Situates Nineteenth-century Latino Intellectuals And Writers Within Crucial National, Hemispheric, And Regional Debates. The Latino Nineteenth Century Offers A Long-overdue Corrective To The Anglophone And Nation-based Emphasis Of American Literary History. Contributors Track Latino/a Lives And Writing Through Routes That Span Philadelphia To San Francisco And Roots That Extend Deeply Into Mexico, The Caribbean, Central And South Americas, And Spain. Readers Will Find In The Rich Heterogeneity Of Texts And Authors Discussed Fertile Ground For Discussion And Will Discover The Depth, Diversity, And Long-standing Presence Of Latinos/as And Their Literature In The United States. Introduction: Historical Latinidades And Archival Encounters / Rodrigo Lazo -- The Errant Latino: Irisarri, Central Americanness, And Migration's Intention / Kirsten Silva Gruesz -- Historicizing Nineteenth-century Latina/o Textuality / Raúl Coronado -- On The Borders Of Independence: Manuel Torres And Spanish American Independence In Filadelphia / Emily García -- From Union Officers To Cuban Rebels: The Story Of The Brothers Cavada And Their American Civil Wars / Jesse Alemán -- Almost-latino Literature: Approaching Truncated Latinidades / Robert Mckee Irwin -- Toward A Reading Of Nineteenth-century Latino/a Short Fiction / John Alba Cutler -- When Archives Collide: Recovering Modernity In Early Mexican American Literature / José Aranda -- Feeling Mexican: Ruiz De Burton's Sentimental Railroad Fiction / Marissa K. López -- Pronouncing Citizenship: Juan Nepomuceno Cortina's War To Be Read / Alberto Varon -- Raimundo Cabrera, The Latin American Archive, And The Latina/o Continuum / Carmen E. Lamas -- Flirting In Yankeeland: Rethinking American Exceptionalism Through Argentine Travel Writing / Carrie Tirado Bramen -- Hacemos La Guerra Pacífica: Cuban Nationalism And Politics In Key West, 1870-1900 / Gerald E. Poyo -- Citizenship And Illegality In The Global California Gold Rush / Juan Poblete -- El Negro Es Tan Capaz Como El Blanco: José Martí, Pachín Marín, Lucy Parsons, And The Politics Of Late-nineteenth-century Latinidad / Laura Lomas -- Sotero Figueroa: Writing Afro-caribbeans Into History In The Late Nineteenth Century / Nicolás Kanellos -- Response: From Criollo/a To Latino/a: The Latino Nineteenth Century In A Hemispheric Context / Ralph Bauer. Edited By Rodrigo Lazo And Jesse Alemán. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In English.