Clara Lomas 
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Vol. VIII 

These twelve pieces explore the meaning of "Nuestra America"-our America-as Jose Marti posited in his well-known essay on U.S. expansionism and imperialistic ploys. Scholars from the U.S. and abroad explore the "contact zones" that originated from the clash and/or syntheses between the U.S. and Latin America. Divided into four sections, this collection focuses on themes such as "Contesting the Canon, " "Mapping Latino Voices in the United States, " "Postcoloniality in Autobiography" and "Nationalism in Contact Zones."