Publishing Latinidad: Latinx Literary and Intellectual Production, 18801960 [Paperback]

Publishing Latinidadbrings to light the overlooked contributions of early Latinx writers and intellectuals, offering a fresh perspective on their roles in shaping American literary and cultural landscapes.

Jose O. Fernandez meticulously examines the works of notable figures like José Martí, Arturo Schomburg, Jesús Colón, José de la Luz Sáenz, Adela Sloss-Vento, and Américo Paredes, illuminating their innovative approaches to circumventing exclusionary practices in the publishing world. He demonstrates how these writers and intellectuals entered literary, cultural, and intellectual discourses through alternative modes of literary production: crónicas, translations, paratexts, bibliographies, archival practices, sketches, diaries, biographies, unpublished fiction, and scholarly monographs. Through these examples, Fernandez situates Latinx literary production in this time period within the broader context of racial and ethnic solidarity movements in the United States.

Publishing Latinidadis essential reading for anyone interested in the social and cultural underpinnings of Latinx literature and intellectual thought. It challenges traditional narratives and enriches our appreciation of the diverse voices that have long been instrumental in the fight for justice.

Publishing Latinidadargues that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Latinx authors and intellectuals engaged with alternative print cultures and literary genres to theorize about their racial and ethnic identities in relation to other nonwhite groups in the United States.Jose O. Fernandez is an assistant professor in the Latina/o/x Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He is the author ofAgainst Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures.Acknowledgments
Introduction: Early Latinx Authors and Alternative Print Forms and Literary Genres
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