A Companion to Latino/a Studies

It is a commonplace that the history and culture of the United States are themselves a patchwork of the diverse cultures of the many waves of immigrant communities which make up the national heritage. In recent times the most numerous group of immigrants have been Spanish‐speaking communities from, in particular, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba as well as others from neighbouring Latin American countries, most notably the Dominican Republic, San Salvador, Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. The idea of a pan‐Latino identity has been the subject of lively and at times contentious debate in studies of Latino literature over the past...