The restless Ilan Stavans : outsider on the inside / Steven G. Kellman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is the first book-length study of one of the most prominent and prolific Latino academics, Ilan Stavans. He has written extensively on Latino culture, Jewish culture, dictionaries, immigration, language, Spanglish, soccer, translation, travel, selfies, and God. The Restless Ilan Stavans surveys his interests, achievements, and flaws while he is still in the midst of an extraordinarily productive career. A native of Mexico who became a U.S. citizen, he is an outsider to both the Chicano community that often resents him as an interloper and the American Jewish community that he, who grew up speaking Yiddish in Mexico City, often chides. The book examines his unlikely rise to prominence within the context of the spread of multiculturalism as a seminal principle within American culture. A self-proclaimed cosmopolitan who rejects borders, Stavans is both insider and outsider to the myriad of subjects he approaches.

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The prodigy -- The Stavans paradox -- Stavans the Hispanic -- Stavans the Jew -- The multicultural moment -- The immigrant melt -- Lion prowling the academy -- Ilan Stavans tongue snatcher -- Chameleon Man.

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