Table of Contents Introduction Revisiting Spanish and Empire Nelsy Echávez-Solano and Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez Part I: Imperial Legacy-Language and Power in the Spanish Colonial Sphere 1 Languages, Catholicism and Power in the Hispanic Empire (1500-1770) Juan R. Lodares 2 Echoes of the Voiceless: Language in Jesuit Missions in Paraguay Fernando Ordóñez 3 Languages and Imperial Designs in the Andes Juan Carlos Godenzzi Part II: Language and Resistance-The Fight for National and Individual Identities 4 Exploring the Problematics of Non-Castilian Emigration to the Americas through la vida cuartizada of Joan/Juan Torrendell Thomas Harrington 5 The Foxes by José María Arguedas: A Death Warrant for Peru's Modern National Project José Giménez Micó 6 Nuyorican Poetry, Tactics for Local Resistance Susan Campbell 7 Latino, Latin American, Spanish American, North American, or All at the Same Time? Edmundo Paz-Soldán Part III: Spanish in the Era of Multiculturalism and Globalization 8 Language Imperialism and the Spread of Global Spanish Clare Mar-Molinero 9 Signs of Empire in Mexican Graphic Narrative: A Research Agenda Bruce Campbell 10 Spanish, English, or Spanglish?: Truth and Consequences of U.S. Latino Bilingualism John Lipski 11 Language and Empire: A Conversation with Ilan Stavans Ilan Stavans and Verónica Albin Afterword Luis Martín-Estudillo and Nicholas Spadaccini Contributors Index.