"Important critical study on the presence of black women in Puerto Rican letters. Focuses on the short fiction writings of several Puerto Rican authors of the 1960s-70s who tried to capture the experiences of Afro-Puerto Ricans in their narratives, including Luis Rafael Sánchez, Rosario Ferré, Carmelo Rodríguez Torres, Ana Lydia Vega, and Carmen Lugo Filippi"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

This work attempts to cast new light on the Generacion del Treinta, a group of Creole intellectuals who situated themselves as the voice of a new cultural nationalism in Puerto Rico. Through a feminist lens, it focuses on the interlocking themes of nationalism, gender, class and race.

This book undertakes the most comprehensive and theoretically rigorous examination to date of Luis Rafael S¡nchez's work in the context of cultural politics in Puerto Rico, and of the international and regional dimensions of S¡nchez's work in relation to

Serie de poemas divididos en tres partes: temas de la mujer, amor patrio e identidad negra. En la identidad negra se destaca Ruta Ajena, un cuento en 11 poemas, donde se recoge la dispora de la mujer negra desde sus comienzos. Se plantea el dolor de la mujer que ve arrebatado a su hombre y a sus hijos, hasta llegar a la mujer presente.

"This anthology is the first of its kind on Puerto Rican literature. The comprehensive introduction traces the history of the representation of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the short story, paying special attention to circumstances that developed - particularly during the decade of the sixties - and the manner in which these circumstances influenced the portrayal of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the island's literature. The stories are chosen in order to illustrate the effect of this influence."--BOOK JACKET.