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Description

1. 170 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "This book is the first study of recent coming-of-age novels from Brazil and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. I investigate the divide in Afro-Latin American research that usually favors either Hispanic-America or Brazil, but not both. I argue that contemporary novelists have adapted the coming-of-age novel to explore central themes in the Afro-Latin American experience such as Blackness, African religions and folkloric traditions, and immigration. While there is no firm consensus on the term Blackness, scholars typically use the term to describe the social, cultural, and historical experience of Afro-descendants in the diaspora. The Afro-Latin American bildungsromans examined in this study include a number of religions such as Catholicism, Spiritism, and syncretic folk religions as well as Santería and Umbanda reflecting the variety of beliefs in Latin America. I have found that young people turn to religions and spiritual traditions in time of need. Going on a journey as part of one's personal development is one of the central themes of many bildungsroman, and this pertains too in Afro-Latin American novels. Caribbean characters are depicted as immigrating to the United States whereas few Brazilians have enough resources to travel to North America and instead move to larger cities within their own country"--

Series statement

1. Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora

Subject

1. Bildungsromans, Brazilian > History and criticism
2. Brazilian fiction > Black authors > History and criticism
3. Bildungsromans, Caribbean (Spanish) > History and criticism
4. Caribbean fiction (Spanish) > Black authors > History and criticism
5. Emigration and immigration in literature
6. Race in literature
7. Religion in literature
8. Identity (Psychology) in literature

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. Literary criticism.

Call number

1. Sc E 22-1509

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Wasserman, Bonnie S., 1966- author.

Title

1. Coming of age in the contemporary Afro-Latin American novel : Blackness, religion, immigration / Bonnie S. Wasserman.

Publisher

1. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2021050526

ISBN

1. 9781648250286 hardcover
2. 1648250289 hardcover
3. 9781800105171 electronic book
4. 9781800105188 electronic book

Research call number

1. Sc E 22-1509