![]() ![]() Some of the constant themes that emerge in these works include nostalgia, transculturation, discrimination, racism, uprootedness, hybridity, and survival. Latina/o narrative, poetry, theatre, essay, and other forms of literary expressions capture the di versity of the migration experience. The heterogeneous ways in which migration is represented in Latina/o literature reflect the wide range of factors that influence and shape the experience of migration. ![]() Other factors that tend to affect the experience of migration include nationality, class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, re ligion, language, citizenship status, age, ability, and the historical juncture at which mi gration takes place. This is evident, for instance, in the cases of Puerto Rico (invasion of 1898) and Central America (civil wars in the 1980s), where US intervention led to migration to the United States in the second half of the 20th century. Yet, despite all of these factors, it is safe to say that a crucial reason behind the mass movements of people from Latin America and the Hispan ic Caribbean to the United States has been direct or indirect US involvement in the coun tries of origin. That said, not all of them experience migration first-hand or in the same manner there are many factors that determine why, how, when, and where migration takes place. ![]() All Latinas/os trace their family origins to Latin America and/or the Hispanic Caribbean. This is be cause, save some exceptions, the experience of migration is the unifying condition from which Latina/o identities have emerged. In fact, it would be difficult to find any work in this corpus that does not address migration to some extent. Migration has always been at the core of Latina/o literature. ![]()
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