{"product_id":"problematic-paradigms-and-the-contours-of-us-latinidad-paperback","title":"Problematic Paradigms and the Contours of Us Latinidad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSilvio Torres-Saillant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael Nieto Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvio Torres-Saillant's collected writings examine political contradictions within Latinx identity in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1990s Silvio Torres-Saillant's work has questioned the notion of Latinidad, challenging presumptions of panethnic unity within the US Hispanic population and assessing dominant modes of Latinx representation. The essays in \u003ci\u003eProblematic Paradigms and the Contours of US Latinidad\u003c\/i\u003e examine the dynamics of a diverse collective of over 65 million people whose cultural heritage, ancestral origins, and belief systems arguably differ as much as they resemble one another. The volume dissects prevailing assumptions, namely the essentializing sense of homogeneity in the Latinx \"community,\" which mask important nuances and fascinating contradictions. Torres-Saillant also targets the role of marketing and mass communications in shaping popular perceptions of ethnic groups, thereby tracing connections between media rhetoric and the language of scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly revised by editors Nancy Kang and Michael Nieto Garcia, this collection curates Torres-Saillant's core contributions to Latinx studies over the last two decades and underscores the veteran scholar's evolving thoughts on key conversations in the field. The epilogue narrates his beginnings in Caribbean studies, acknowledges his ongoing analysis of Dominican blackness, and discourages uncritical views of cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilvio Torres-Saillant is a professor of English and Dean's Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Poetics: Toward an Aesthetic of West Indian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl retorno de las yolas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Intellectual History of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Kang is an associate professor of women's and gender studies at the University of Manitoba, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence. She is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Muse: The Poetry and Poetics of Rhina P. Espaillat\u003c\/i\u003e with Silvio Torres-Saillant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Nieto Garcia is a professor of literature at Clarkson University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAutobiography in Black \u0026amp; Brown: Ethnic Identity in Richard Wright and Richard Rodriguez\u003c\/i\u003e and the widely-accessed essay, \"Do Brown People have Brown Thoughts?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.97 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48529444569309,"sku":"9781477334041","price":81.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/SLKc1WuxOA9781477334041.webp?v=1788944274","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/problematic-paradigms-and-the-contours-of-us-latinidad-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}