Luso-American literature : writings by Portuguese-speaking authors in North America

Authors:Robert Henry Moser, Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta

Summary:Brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of the diverse Portuguese-speaking, or """"Luso-American"""" voices of the US. It includes prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures - immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners.

Print Book, English, c2011

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., c2011

Series:

Multi-ethnic literatures of the Americas

Physical Description:xxxv, 375 s. ; 27 cm

ISBN:

9780813550572, 9780813550589, 0813550572, 0813550580

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1183475905

Subjects:

American literature Luso American authors

Brazilian American literature

Cape Verdean Americans

Emigration and immigration in literature

Immigrants' writings, Portuguese American

Portuguese American literature

Contents:

ForewordAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroductionPart 1: Portuguese VoicesI. Origins and DestinationsII. SaudadeIII. Cultural ClashesPart 2: Brazilian VoicesI. Sojourners and TravelersII. Brazuca and BeyondIII. Reimagining the HyphenPart 3: Cape Verdean VoicesIndexSourcesAbout the Editors