Kane publishes chapter about U.S. Central American identities identities

Adrian Kane, professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, recently contributed a chapter in "Constructed Latinx(s) Identities: Racialized Bodies in Visual and Textual Culture," published by the Amherst College Press. Kane's essay, "Constructing Cultural Identities in the Central American Diaspora" offers an analysis of the ways in which several texts from the 2017 multi-genre anthology "The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States," edited by Leticia Hernández Linares, Rubén Martínez and Héctor Tobar, move toward the construction of U.S. Central American identities. Specifically, he argues that by portraying the trauma that many Central American migrant families experience, linking their migration with the history of U.S. military intervention and economic colonization in the isthmus, and celebrating distinct aspects of cultural identity within the broader construct of Latinidad, "The Wandering Song" constitutes an important step toward increasing the visibility and cultural understanding of U.S. Central Americans.

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