The Politics of Gentrification in Ernesto Quiñonez's Novels
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction
- Vol. 52 (1), 114-133
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00111610903380121
Abstract
This article draws on scholarship from urban and Latina/o studies to demonstrate how Ernesto Quiñonez's novels Bodega Dreams (2000) and Chango's Fire (2004) intervene in debates about gentrification, especially the gentrification of Spanish Harlem. Ultimately, Moiles argues that the presentation of Spanglish and Santería in the novels, rather than promoting a feel-good multicultural politics, figuratively embodies the politics of Quiñonez's fiction, which accepts the inevitability of neighborhood, cultural, and political change while simultaneously rejecting a particular version of gentrification and contemporary politics as inevitable and natural.Keywords
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