Bøger i Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas Series serien
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- Poems
168,95 kr. In this powerful collection of free-verse poetry, immigrant, poet, and memoirist Jose Antonio Rodriguez encapsulates the experiences of an artist and citizen caught between two worlds. At once deeply personal and thematically expansive, these works offer a bracing look at the darker impulses of contemporary America.
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- 168,95 kr.
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260,95 - 413,95 kr. Although he is best known for Bless Me, Ultima and other novels, Rudolfo Anaya's writing also takes the form of nonfiction, and in these 52 essays he draws on both his heritage as a Mexican American and his gift for storytelling.
- Bog
- 260,95 kr.
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246,95 - 308,95 kr. - Bog
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238,95 - 263,95 kr. Permeated by Rudolfo Anaya's trademark religious and mythological imagery, The Sorrows of Young Alfonso is a luminous meditation on memory, reality, and the human experience.
- Bog
- 238,95 kr.
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- 183,95 kr.
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- Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity
423,95 kr. A large-scale landmark account of Mexican American culture, Mestizos Come Home! shows that mestizos are essential to US national culture. As an argument for social justice and a renewal of America's democratic ideals, this book marks a historic cultural homecoming.
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- 423,95 kr.
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228,95 kr. Drawing on New Mexican storytelling tradition, A. Gabriel Melendez weaves a colorful dual-language representation of a place whose irresistible characters and unforgettable events, and the inescapable truths they embody, still resonate today.
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- 228,95 kr.
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- Critical Perspectives on Rudolfo Anaya
373,95 kr. Widely acclaimed as the founder of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya is one of America's most compelling and prolific authors. The Forked Juniper illuminates both the artistry of Anaya's writings and the culture, history, and diverse religious traditions of his beloved Nuevo Mexico.
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- 373,95 kr.
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183,95 kr. Readers of Rudolfo Anaya's fiction know the lyricism of his prose, but most do not know him as a poet. In this, his first collection of poetry, Anaya presents twenty-eight of his best poems, most of which have never before been published.
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- 183,95 kr.
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183,95 kr. "There was an old man who dwelt in the land of New Mexico, and he lost his wife." From that opening line, this tender novella is at once universal and deeply personal. The nameless narrator, a writer, shares his most intimate thoughts about his wife, their life together, and her death.
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- 183,95 kr.
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233,95 kr. Comezon: it's more than an itch. It's a long-standing desire that will never be fulfilled. And, in this novel by award-winning author Denise Chavez, it is also a border town in New Mexico whose denizens' longings are as powerful as they are, all too often, impossible.
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- 233,95 kr.
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263,95 kr. After years of working with at-risk youth, Chicana social worker Rosa Medina leaves Los Angeles's gang-ridden barrios and street violence to settle in the New Mexican village of Puerto de Luna. Her goal: to write a novel about Bilito - Billy the Kid. It all sounds straightforward enough, but things get more complicated - and a lot more exciting.
- Bog
- 263,95 kr.
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- New Latina Poetry
248,95 kr. The voices of Latina poets - sometimes lyrical, sometimes autobiographical, sometimes politically charged - are distinctly female. Whereas previous anthologies have merged the works of Latino and Latina poets, this collection is the first to showcase Latina poetry on its own terms.
- Bog
- 248,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 238,95 kr.
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- Critical Perspectives on Rudolfo Anaya
808,95 kr. Widely acclaimed as the founder of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya is one of America's most compelling and prolific authors. The Forked Juniper illuminates both the artistry of Anaya's writings and the culture, history, and diverse religious traditions of his beloved Nuevo Mexico.
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- 808,95 kr.
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238,95 kr. What if we could travel back in time to save our heroes from painful deaths? What if we could rewrite history to protect and reward the innocent victims of injustice? In Alfredo Vea's daring novel, one man does just that, taking readers on a series of remarkable journeys.
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- 238,95 kr.
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353,95 kr. While award-winning author Rudolfo Anaya is known primarily as a novelist, his genius is also evident in dramatic works performed regularly in his native New Mexico and throughout the world. Billy the Kid and Other Plays collects seven of these works and offers them together for the first time.
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- 353,95 kr.
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168,95 kr. - Bog
- 168,95 kr.
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- A Novel
238,95 - 329,95 kr. In the grim reality of Southern California's grape fields, even the sun is a dark spot. For the migrant grape pickers in Crossing Vines, Rigoberto Gonzalez's novel that spans a single workday, the sun is a constant, malevolent force. The characters endure back-breaking, monotonous work as they succumb to the whims of their corrupt bosses.
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- 238,95 kr.
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278,95 kr. This innovative collection, featuring three plays by Carlos Morton, spans five centuries of Mexican and Mexican American history. In the tradition of teatro campesino, these plays present provocative revisions of historical events.
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- 278,95 kr.
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213,95 kr. - Bog
- 213,95 kr.