![]() Their evolving representation in North American literature is a reflection of changing demographics and attitudes. When they did appear, Latino characters were often stereotypes-either idealized or demonized versions of human beings with Spanish surnames. However, despite the fact that a huge section of what is now the United States-including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas-was formerly controlled by Spain, Latinos have long been largely invisible in texts by non-Latino authors. ![]() ![]() And Latino characters and their distinctive experiences naturally play an important part in their own writings. ![]() Just as Latinos (people of Latin American or Iberian descent) have become the largest ethnolinguistic minority in the United States, authors of Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and other Latino backgrounds (e.g., Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Cristina Garcia, and Oscar Hijuelos) have come to occupy a prominent position within the literature of the United States. ![]()
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