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Kristine Ibsen
[Hardcover 1997]
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During the last decade, women's narrative has become a recognized force in Mexican letters. The essays in this collection explore the recent work of nine contemporary Mexican women writers. Many of the works have been translated into English; some, like Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate, have become international best... more
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Jonathan Bignell
[Paperback 2007]
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Post Modern Media Culture Postmodern Media Culture analysis the function of media examples in the work of a number of key theorists including Adorno, Baudrillard, benjamin, Habermas, Jameson, Lyotard and McLuhan, and discusses contemporary media production, products and audiences, to test and reorient theoretical models of the postmodern. About Author... more
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Charles M Tatum
[Paperback 2006]
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The literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Southwest has its origins in a harsh frontier environment marked by episodes of intense cultural conflict, and much of the literature seeks to capture the epic experiences of conquest and settlement. The Chican... more
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Juan Flores
[Paperback 2000]
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Neither immigrants nor ethnics, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores considers the uniqueness of Puerto Rican... more
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Amanda Holmes
[Hardcover 2007]
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Using concepts from urban and cultural studies, City Fictions examines the representation of the city in the works of five important late-twentieth-century Spanish American authors, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortazar, Christina Feri Rossi, Diamela Eltit, and Car... more
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Jenny Haase
[Paperback 2009]
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Raul Homero Villa
[Paperback 2000]
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STRUGGLES OVER SPACE AND RESISTANCE TO GEOGRAPHIC DISPLACEMENT gave rise to much of Chicano history and culture. In this pathfinding book, Raul Villa explores how California Chicano/a writers, journalists, artists, activists, and musicians have used expre... more
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Dagoberto Gilb
[Paperback 2008]
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Once an independent nation, Texas has always been proud of its unique culture. The literature of the Lone Star State has long attracted local, regional, and national audiences and critics, yet the state's Mexican American voices have yet to receive the at Once an independent nation, Texas has always been... more
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Marta Caminero Santangelo
[Paperback 2009]
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This is the first book to address head-on the question of how Latino/a literature wrestles with the pan-ethnic and trans-racial implications of the "Latino" label. Refusing to take "latinidad " (Latino-ness) for granted, Marta Caminero-Santangelo lays the This is the first book to address head-on the question of how Latino/a... more
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Maria Herrera Sobek ,
Virginia Sanchez Korrol
[Hardcover 1999]
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This third volume of academic essays on recovering the Hispanic literary heritage of the United States features 27 articles by leading scholars. It addresses the broad topics of "Rewriting the Present: Nineteenth-Century Historical Novels; " "Women's Voic... more
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Ralph E Rodriguez
[Paperback 2005]
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"Rodriguez is a first-rate literary scholar, well versed in a variety of methodologies and traditions. He offers informed and nuanced close readings of a number of key detective fictions, many of which are being discussed seriously for the first time in h... more
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Hector A Torres
[Paperback 2007]
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Hector A. Torres conducted these interviews with today's popular Chicano/a writers, asking each about language and life between languages, about the creative drive that has guided them in their craft and commits them to their art. In sharing their respons... more
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Gladys Varona Lacey
[Prebound 1997]
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Designed for students, this one-volume introductory anthology of Latin American literature includes a thoughtful selection of the most representative authors and their works in a well-organized and easy-to-read format. A variety of themes and styles appea... more
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Elizabeth Lowe ,
Earl E Fitz ,
Ilan Stavans
[Paperback 2009]
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The past few years have seen an explosion of interest among U.S. readers for Latin American literature. Yet rarely do they experience such work in the original Spanish or Portuguese. Elizabeth Lowe and Earl Fitz argue that the role of the translator is an The past few years have seen... more
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Martin Espada
[Paperback 1997]
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A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the experience of contemporary Latinos and Latinas. Here we find the open expression of anger and grief, self-mocking humor, protest, quiet assertion of dignity, and raucous celebration. Among the poets represen... more
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Karin Rosa Ikas
[Paperback 2001]
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A collection of compelling interviews by Karin Rosa Ikas with ten Mexican-American writers fills a void in Chicana studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies scholarship.... more
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Rudolfo A Anaya ,
Robert Con Davis Undiano
[Hardcover 2009]
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The first published collection of Rudolfo Anaya's essays... more
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Francisco Lomeli ,
Claudia Esteve Gabregat
[Hardcover 1993]
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This four-volume series is edited by noted scholars Nicolas Kanellos (University of Houston) and Claudio Esteva Fabregat (University of Barcelona). Kanellos, literary historian, and Esteva, anthropologist, have assembled a team of outstanding scholars to... more
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Richard L Kagan
[Hardcover 2002]
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Catriona Rueda Esquibel
[Paperback 2006]
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With the 1981 publication of the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua ushered in an era of Chicana lesbian writing. But while these two writers have achieved iconic sta... more
