The Cambridge companion to Latina o American literature Machine generated contents note: Introduction John Morán González Early Trans American Contacts and Conflicts. The trans American literature of conquest and exile 1836 85 Rodrigo Lazo The trans American literature of conquest and revolution 1881 1938 Laura Lomas Between ethnic Americans and racial subjects: Latina o literature 1936 59 John Morán González Latina o Literature since 1960. The aesthetics of politics: cultural nationalist movements and Latina o literature Richard T. Rodriguez The Cold War in the Americas and Latina o literature Ricardo L. Ortiz The 1980s: Latina o literature during the decade of the Hispanic Tiffany Ana Lopez Trans American Latina o literature of the 1990s: resisting neoliberalism Lucia M. Suárez From Latinidad to Latinid@d: imagining the twenty first century Paul Allatson Critical Methodologies and Themes. Latin@ poetics: voices Norma Elia Cantú Latino a life writing: autobiography memoir testimonio Isabel Duran Queering Latina o literature Lawrence La Fountain Stokes Latinos and the like: reading mixture and deracination Claudia Milian Mestizaje and cyborgism on either side of the line Thea Pitman Historias transfronterizas: contemporary Latina o literature of migration Marta Caminero Santangelo The Cambridge Companion to Latina o American Literature provides a thorough yet accessible overview of a literary phenomenon that has been rapidly globalizing over the past two decades. It takes an innovative approach that underscores the importance of understanding Latina o literature not merely as an ethnic phenomenon in the United States but more broadly as a crucial element of a trans American literary imagination. Leading scholars in the field present critical analyses of key texts authors themes and contexts from the early nineteenth century to the present. They engage with the dynamics of migration linguistic and cultural translation and the uneven distribution of resources across the Americas that characterize Latina o literature. This Companion will be an invaluable resource introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the complexities of the field