Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Rereading the Colonial Archive
- 1 Indigenous Herencias
- 2 Performing to a Captive Audience
- 3 The Tricks of the Weak
- 4 Rethinking the Colonial Latinx Literary Imaginary
- 5 The Historical and Imagined Cultural Genealogies of Latinidad
- Part II The Roots and Routes of Latina/o Literature
- Part III Negotiating Literary Modernity
- Part IV Literary Migrations across the Americas, 1980–2017
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
5 - The Historical and Imagined Cultural Genealogies of Latinidad
from Part I - Rereading the Colonial Archive
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature
- The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Rereading the Colonial Archive
- 1 Indigenous Herencias
- 2 Performing to a Captive Audience
- 3 The Tricks of the Weak
- 4 Rethinking the Colonial Latinx Literary Imaginary
- 5 The Historical and Imagined Cultural Genealogies of Latinidad
- Part II The Roots and Routes of Latina/o Literature
- Part III Negotiating Literary Modernity
- Part IV Literary Migrations across the Americas, 1980–2017
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter offers a genealogy of the term “Latina/o”—from “América Latina”—a concept that arose in opposition to the emergence of Anglo-American expansion, and to which Latino/a writers have since proposed alternatives rooted in indigenous rather than European culture. Although the idea of Latin America arises to promote a French imperial and cultural presence in the Americas, the expanding U.S. empire—palpable in the war with Mexico in 1845-48, in tensions over Panama, and in 1855 with William Walker’s exploits in Nicaragua—catalyzes a shift to distinguish “Latins” from “Saxons” within the hemisphere. More capacious than “Hispanoamérica,” the term conveys a cultural and political demand for self-determination.
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