IDENTITY, POLITICS AND GENDER IN PUERTO RICAN FICTION

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(Slashed with SPAN 48325 ) This course focuses on critical analyses of a diverse corpus of literary pieces written by prominent Puerto Rican authors. It addresses the following topics: the jíbarao identity vis a vis the political and cultural practices of americanización (Americanization), the migratory waves from the countryside to San Juan and the United States, and constructs of gender and LGBTQ identity articulated in the literary discourse.