...Rodrigo Lazo Abstract The article suggests that the fashionable use of the term Latinx overlooks the historical context of Spanish-language publications in which the gender distinction Latina/o is important. Focusing on the anonymously published Cartas de un Americano (London, 1826), a collection...

... of Martí’s translation of Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel Ramona : “Aplaudimos la idea de su versión á un idioma que habla la mitad de América tanto más también cuanto el asunto es completamente americano” (We applaud the idea of its translation into a language spoken by half of America—even more so because its...