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“Latin/o American Perspectives of the United States in Sam no es mi tío,” Amrita Das, University of North Carolina Wilmington. In Das’s chapter, the author analyzes the thematic element of migration to the United States from Latin America, arguing for a more inclusive definition of “Latina/o.”
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Das, A. (2016). The Imagined World of Latin/o America in Sam no es mi tío . In: Herrera, C., Mercado-López, L. (eds) (Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape. Literatures of the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94901-4_4
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