Hector Avalos
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Strangers in Our Own Land
Type: BOOK
Author: Hector Avalos
Author: Hector Avalos
How does religious commitment and practice contribute to what it means to be Latina or Lantino in the U.S? The answers to that question usually come from historical or sociological study, yet what if one were to seek them in contemporary Latina/o fiction? In this groundbreaking work. Hector Avalos turns to the works of the U.S Latina/o authos of fiction to discover a vibrant, complex picture of the role that religion, from Catholicism to Pentecostalism to santeria, plays in shaping and...