Buenas Noches, American Culture: Latina/o Aesthetics of Night

Often treated like night itself--both visible and invisible feared and romanticized--Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US.

In her newest work, Mar a DeGuzm n explores representations of the night in art and literature from the Caribbean, Colombia, Central, and South America, and the US, calling into question night's effect on the formation of identity for Latina/os in and outside of the US.

She takes as her subject novels, short stories, poetry, essays, non-fiction, photo-fictions, photography, and film, and examines these texts through the lenses of nationhood, sexuality, human rights, and exoticism, among others.

Author: María Deguzmán
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 07/09/2012
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780253001894

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2013

About the Author

María DeGuzmán is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of Latina/o Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Spain's Long Shadow: The Black Legend, Off-Whiteness, and Anglo-American Empire.