Buenas Noches American Culture

<p>Often treated like night itself--both visible and invisible feared and romanticized--Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US. In her newest work María DeGuzmán explores representations of night in art and literature from the Caribbean Colombia Central and South America and the US calling into question night's effect on the formation of identity for Latina/os in and outside of the US. She takes as her subject novels short stories poetry essays non-fiction photo-fictions photography and film and examines these texts through the lenses of nationhood sexuality human rights exoticism among others.</p>