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Kahlila Chaar-Pérez

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Latino Public Intellectual (Part 4)

[Editorial note: this is the fourth in a series of guest posts by Kahlila Chaar-Pérez. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.] Lin Manuel Miranda: Latino Public Intellectual (Part 4) by Kahlila Chaar-Pérez My posts about Lin-Manuel Miranda in this blog have meant to address both the significance and heterogeneity of the U.S. Latinx historical imaginary from a contemporary perspective.  As I have indicated before, discussions about U.S. intellectual culture barely recognize the long tradition of Latinx[1] creative production in the United States—if they do at all.  To fully grasp the emergence of a figure like Read more