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Author Fagan, Allison E., 1982- author.

Title From the edge : Chicana/o border literature and the politics of print / Allison E. Fagan
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Latinidad: Transnational cultures in the United States
Latinidad.
Contents A touch-up here and there: authorial revisions and their paratexts -- Translating in the margins: transcultural glossaries -- Making language visible: transcultural typography -- My book has seen the light of day: the editorial paratexts of recovery projects -- In the margins: readers writing on the house on Mango Street
Summary Chicana/o literature frequently depicts characters who exist in a vulnerable liminal space, living on the border between Mexican and American identities, and sometimes pushed to the edge by authorities who seek to restrict their freedom. As this groundbreaking new study reveals, the books themselves have occupied similarly precarious positions, as Chicana/o literature has struggled for economic viability and visibility on the margins of the American publishing industry, while Chicana/o writers have grappled with editorial practices that compromise their creative autonomy. From the Edge reveals the tangled textual histories behind some of the most cherished works in the Chicana/o literary canon, tracing the negotiations between authors, editors, and publishers that determined how these books appeared in print. Allison Fagan demonstrates how the texts surrounding the authors' words--from editorial prefaces to Spanish-language glossaries, from cover illustrations to reviewers' blurbs--have crucially shaped the reception of Chicana/o literature. To gain an even richer perspective on the politics of print, she ultimately explores one more border space, studying the marks and remarks that readers have left in the margins of these books. From the Edge vividly demonstrates that to comprehend fully the roles that ethnicity, language, class, and gender play within Chicana/o literature, we must understand the material conditions that governed the production, publication, and reception of these works. By teaching us how to read the borders of the text, it demonstrates how we might perceive and preserve the faint traces of those on the margins
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism
Mexican Americans -- Books and reading.
Authors and readers -- United States
Mexican Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
American literature -- Mexican American authors
Authors and readers
Mexican Americans -- Books and reading
Mexican Americans in literature
Autorin
Literatur
Marginalität
Mexikanerin
Rezeption
Veröffentlichung
United States
USA
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813583853
0813583853
9780813583907
081358390X