Meet the Author: Marilisa Jiménez García: “Side by Side" Tuesday, April 27th

RSVP: https://centropr.nationbuilder.com/sidebyside In Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture, author Marilisa Jiménez García focuses on the contributions of the Puerto Rican community to American youth, approaching Latinx literature as a transnational space that provides a critical lens for examining the lingering consequences of US and Spanish colonialism for US communities of color. Through analysis of texts typically outside traditional Latinx or literary studies such as young adult literature, textbooks, television programming, comics, music, curriculum, and youth movements, Side by Side represents the only comprehensive study of the contributions of Puerto Ricans to American youth literature and culture, as well as the only comprehensive study into the role of youth literature and culture in Puerto Rican literature and thought. Considering recent debates over diversity in children's and young adult literature and media and the strained relationship between Puerto Rico and the US, Jiménez García's timely work encourages us to question who constitutes the expert and to resist the homogenization of Latinxs, as well as other marginalized communities, that has led to the erasure of writers, scholars, and artists. Author: Marilisa Jiménez García, assistant professor of English and Latino Studies at Lehigh University Commentator: Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst Tuesday, April 27, 2021 6:00 PM EST RSVP: https://centropr.nationbuilder.com/sidebyside Virtual Event: link will be provided upon registration   Center for Puerto Rican Studies http://centropr.nationbuilder.com/ Center for Puerto Rican Studies | Hunter College | 695 Park Ave | New York, NY 10065