Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Section I: The Literary Context 000 Chapter One: The Narrative Techniques of the Border 3 Chapter Two: The Magic of Influence upon Latino Narrative 37 Section II: The Languages of the Borderlands 000 Chapter Three: Latino Voices and English con Salsa 69 Chapter Four: Dreams and Betrayals: Latinos Between Worlds 105 Section III.: The Cultures and the Carnival 000 Chapter Five: Carnival and the department store called america 141 Chapter Six: Flowers of the Dead: The Latino Quest for Ancestors 163 Bibliography 193 Index