| Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Subjects: American literature -- Puerto Rican authors -- History and criticism; Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Intellectual life; Puerto Rican literature -- History and criticism; Puerto Ricans in literature; The sixteen essays in Writing Off the Hyphen approach the literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora from current theoretical positions, with provocative and insightful results. The authors analyze how the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans is played out in the context of class, race, gender, and sexuality and how other themes emerging from postcolonialism and postmodernism come into play. Their critical work also demonstrates an understanding of how the process of migration and the relations between Puerto Rico and the United States complicate notions of cultural and national identity as writers confront their bilingual, bicultural, and transnational realities. José L. Torres-Padilla is associate professor of English, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Carmen Haydée Rivera is associate professor of English, University of Puerto Rico. |