Doubly Troubling Narratives Writing 'The Oppression of Possibility' in Puerto Rico and Cuba
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Keywords
Cuba, iberian colonialism, meta-narrative, national, narrative, puerto rico, race, us neo-colonialism
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1477570006065259
Abstract
Since the 'boom' of US ethnic writing, a number of writers have published novels dealing with the colonial-era Hispanic Caribbean. US-authored novels such as The Agüero Sisters (Cristina García, 1998) have received little critical attention in the USA. Similarly, English language novels written by Hispanic Caribbean authors such as The House on the Lagoon (Rosario Ferré, 1996) have received even less, if not hostile, critical attention from Caribbean scholars. Both novels locate the origins of Caribbean modernity in the violent movement from Iberian colonialism to US neo-colonialism. By comparing these novels' narrative concerns about writing, history and race, the complex relationship between 'possibility' and 'violence' they depict is delineated. Such texts reflect a growing corpus of historical fiction about the Hispanic Caribbean and complicate the flawed and persistent schism between US Latina and Latin American literary traditions.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Comparative American Studies An International Journal, v. 4, issue 2, p. 197-217
Scholar Commons Citation
Irizarry, Ylce, "Doubly Troubling Narratives Writing 'The Oppression of Possibility' in Puerto Rico and Cuba" (2006). English Faculty Publications. 271.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/eng_facpub/271
