A User’s Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction
A User’s Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction analyzes postcolonial and Latinx fiction and comic books to enrich understanding of their production and reception.
Frederick Luis Aldama
In A User’s Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction Aldama analyzes novels such as Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace, Zadie Smith's White Teeth, and Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist, along with selected Latino comic books and short fiction to explore the peculiarities of the production and reception of postcolonial and Latino borderland fiction. Aldama uses tools from disciplines such as film studies and cognitive science that allow the reader to establish how a fictional narrative is built, how it functions, and how it defines the boundaries of concepts that appear susceptible to limitless interpretations.
In A User’s Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction Aldama analyzes novels such as Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace, Zadie Smith's White Teeth, and Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist, along with selected Latino comic books and short fiction to explore the peculiarities of the production and reception of postcolonial and Latino borderland fiction. Aldama uses tools from disciplines such as film studies and cognitive science that allow the reader to establish how a fictional narrative is built, how it functions, and how it defines the boundaries of concepts that appear susceptible to limitless interpretations.