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Author : Walter Allen Hoops
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book "La Gente Decente" written by Walter Allen Hoops and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leticia Magda Garza-Falcón
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292789009
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Gente Decente written by Leticia Magda Garza-Falcón and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his books The Great Plains, The Great Frontier, and The Texas Rangers, historian Walter Prescott Webb created an enduring image of fearless, white, Anglo male settlers and lawmen bringing civilization to an American Southwest plagued with "savage" Indians and Mexicans. So popular was Webb's vision that it influenced generations of historians and artists in all media and effectively silenced the counter-narratives that Mexican American writers and historians were concurrently producing to claim their standing as "gente decente," people of worth. These counter-narratives form the subject of Leticia M. Garza-Falcón's study. She explores how prominent writers of Mexican descent-such as Jovita González, Américo Paredes, María Cristina Mena, Fermina Guerra, Beatriz de la Garza, and Helena María Viramontes -have used literature to respond to the dominative history of the United States, which offered retrospective justification for expansionist policies in the Southwest and South Texas. Garza-Falcón shows how these counter-narratives capture a body of knowledge and experience excluded from "official" histories, whose "facts" often emerged more from literary techniques than from objective analysis of historical data.
Author : Beatriz de la Garza
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292782327
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)
Download or read book A Law for the Lion written by Beatriz de la Garza and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Esto no es cosa de armas" (this is not a matter for weapons). These were the last words of Don Francisco Gutiérrez before Alonzo W. Allee shot and killed him and his son, Manuel Gutiérrez. What began as a simple dispute over Allee's unauthorized tenancy on a Gutiérrez family ranch near Laredo, Texas, led not only to the slaying of these two prominent Mexican landowners but also to a blatant miscarriage of justice. In this engrossing account of the 1912 crime and the subsequent trial of Allee, Beatriz de la Garza delves into the political, ethnic, and cultural worlds of the Texas-Mexico border to expose the tensions between the Anglo minority and the Mexican majority that propelled the killings and their aftermath. Drawing on original sources, she uncovers how influential Anglos financed a first-class legal team for Allee's defense and also discusses how Anglo-owned newspapers helped shape public opinion in Allee's favor. In telling the story of this long-ago crime and its tragic results, de la Garza sheds new light on the interethnic struggles that defined life on the border a century ago, on the mystique of the Texas Rangers (Allee was said to be a Ranger), and on the legal framework that once institutionalized violence and lawlessness in Texas.
Author : Gudie Lawaetz
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141960302
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Spanish Short Stories written by Gudie Lawaetz and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1992-07-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanish-speaking world. Again much of it is from Latin America, Carlos Fuentes being Mexican, Norberto Fuentes Cuban, and the other writers having their roots in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia and the Argentine. Only Ana Maria Matute is a native of Spain. This highly entertaining selection of stories, together with a chapter from Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel ‘Conversation in the Cathedral’, explores stylistic contrasts and gives an insight into the cultural and social milieu of the Spanish-speaking world. With notes on unusual Spanish words and phrases, it will be of great value to English students of the language as well as a helpful companion to Spanish-speaking students of English.
Author : Manuel Atanasio Fuentes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lima written by Manuel Atanasio Fuentes and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Pateman
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502618389
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Bolivia written by Robert Pateman and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its existence, Bolivia has witnessed prosperous times and difficult times. Its people are diverse and take pride in their customs. Today, Bolivia is a unique and interesting place to visit and study. Complete with vivid photographs and detailed information, this book examines Bolivias history, people, geography, languages, culture, and much more.
Author : Guillermina Seri
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441145788
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Seguridad written by Guillermina Seri and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the governing roles of the police in Argentina, focusing on Seguridad, which conflates personal safety with state security.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Alpha written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgardo Rodr-Guez Juli
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822332169
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (321 download)
Download or read book El Entierro de Cortijo/Cortijo's Wake written by Edgardo Rodr-Guez Juli and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA lyrical narration and examination of the life and death of Rafael Cortijo, an Afro-Caribbean drummer whose group--Cortijo y su Combo--influenced Puerto Rican society and music./div
Author : Dionne Espinoza
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477316833
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Chicana Movidas written by Dionne Espinoza and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from a wide array of scholars and activists, including leading Chicana feminists from the period, this groundbreaking anthology is the first collection of scholarly essays and testimonios that focuses on Chicana organizing, activism, and leadership in the movement years. The essays in Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activisim and Feminism in the Movement Era demonstrate how Chicanas enacted a new kind of politica at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, and developed innovative concepts, tactics, and methodologies that in turn generated new theories, art forms, organizational spaces, and strategies of alliance. These are the technologies of resistance documented in Chicana Movidas, a volume that brings together critical biographies of Chicana activists and their bodies of work; essays that focus on understudied organizations, mobilizations, regions, and subjects; examinations of emergent Chicana archives and the politics of collection; and scholarly approaches that challenge the temporal, political, heteronormative, and spatial limits of established Chicano movement narratives. Charting the rise of a field of knowledge that crosses the boundaries of Chicano studies, feminist theory, and queer theory, Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activisim and Feminism in the Movement Era offers a transgenerational perspective on the intellectual and political legacies of early Chicana feminism.
Author : Regina A. Root
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816647933
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Couture and Consensus written by Regina A. Root and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Argentina’s revolution in 1810, the dress of young patriots inspired a nation and distanced its politics from the relics of Spanish colonialism. Fashion writing often escaped the notice of authorities, allowing authors to masquerade political ideas under the guise of frivolity and entertainment. In Couture and Consensus, Regina A. Root maps this pivotal and overlooked facet of Argentine cultural history, showing how politics emerged from dress to disrupt authoritarian practices and stimulate creativity in a newly independent nation.Drawing from genres as diverse as fiction, poetry, songs, and fashion magazines, Root offers a sartorial history that produces an original understanding of how Argentina forged its identity during the regime of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1829–1852), a critical historical time. Couture and Consensus closely analyzes military uniforms, women’s dress, and the novels of the era to reveal fashion’s role in advancing an agenda and disseminating political goals, notions Root connects to the contemporary moment.An insightful presentation of the discourse of fashion, Couture and Consensus also paints a riveting portrait of Argentine society in the nineteenth century—its politics, people, and creative forces.
Author : Edel Romay
Publisher : Palibrio
ISBN 13 : 1463301383
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Luna de Vidrio Sobre Imagenes de Arena written by Edel Romay and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Después de haber gozado una exitosa carrera en el campo de la pedagogía critica, Edel Romay finalmente puede dedicar toda su atención a algo que el siempre deseó hacer - Publicar sus manuscritos, que son muchos. Y este manuscrito aquí transformado en libro, nos habla de una ficción verdadera de ciertos recuerdos editados. No muy lejos de lo que Mario Vargas Llosa nos dice: La memoria es el punto de partida de la fantasía." Así pues, la narrativa breve aquí reunida nos expone a contemplar el ayer como un sueño. Algo así; como ese encuentro con la ausencia, que algunos escritores experimentan, cuando se adentran al cosmos de una hoja de papel en blanco, en el actual progresivo mundo digital. Sin embargo, el autor aun sigue usando el clásico lápiz y papel en blanco para sus borradores. Indudablemente, ese "ayer" que alguna vez fue "hoy" está suspendido en los laberintos de la memoria. Después de todo, ésta narrativa se inscribe en la premisa de que "La realidad solo existe en el lenguaje." Porque la realidad de esta obra se manifiesta; sí tú, la continúas leyendo... ¡Ves! Hay más de una lectura que te ofrece.
Author : Sonia Julia de Jesús
Publisher : Linkgua
ISBN 13 : 8410760193
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Dime alma mía written by Sonia Julia de Jesús and published by Linkgua. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta novela, ambientada en la turbulenta Cuba desde la post-independencia, la Revolución de Machado, la Constitución del 40, el golpe de estado de Batista, y finalmente el inicio de la Revolución Cubana, narra la vida de Josefina, madre de la autora, y cómo su relación con otras mujeres la lleva a desafiar la sociedad patriarcal. Lola, madre de Josefina y adolescente viuda de un oficial español, subsiste gracias al amor prohibido con su confesor. Minerva, la otra hija de Lola, es forzada por su marido a renunciar a la herencia que le dejó el cura. Gema, la mejor amiga de Josefina, es la heredera del rey del Habano, y la introduce en el glamoroso mundo de la burguesía habanera de los años veinte, mientras que Marcelina, la nana, inicia a su hija, Sonia Julia de Jesús, en el mundo de los orishas afrocubanos. Estrella es una campesina a quien Josefina convierte en empresaria; y Beatriz y Emelina, ilustran, ante la mirada crítica de la protagonista, el binomio republicano de la esposa y la amante. Josefina se propone un destino diferente para sí misma, no supeditarse nunca a la autoridad masculina. Para lograrlo, se apoya en un diálogo permanente con el Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, que comienza siempre con la misma pregunta: «Dime alma mía, ¿qué mal te aqueja?»
Author : Johathan Kelley
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520328221
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality written by Johathan Kelley and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
Author : Virginia Vallejo
Publisher : Vintage Espanol
ISBN 13 : 0345807057
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)
Download or read book Amando a Pablo, Odiando a Escobar written by Virginia Vallejo and published by Vintage Espanol. This book was released on 2018 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colombian television journalist describes her relationship with cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, how she became his witness of choice for subduing people, and how she was silenced for twenty years before fleeing for America in 2006.
Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429922605
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Making Waves written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning thirty years of writing, Making Waves traces the development of Mario Vargas Llosa's thinking on politics and culture, and shows the breadth of his interests and passions. Featured here are astute meditations on the Cuban Revolution, Latin American independence, and the terrorism of Peru's Shining Path; brilliant engagements with towering figures of literature like Joyce, Faulkner, and Sartre; considerations on the dog cemetery where Rin Tin Tin is buried, Lorena Bobbitt's knife, and the failures of the English public-school system.
Author : Asuncion Lavrin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313366942
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Latin American Women written by Asuncion Lavrin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1978-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays illuminates the experiences of pre-20th-century Latin American women....There is surprisingly rich information about Indian and black women....The diverse patterns of family roles and sex polarizations, trends in the feminist movement, and women's political participation are themes of significant importance in the essays. A welcome contribution to women's studies and to Latin American history, especially since there is little available in English covering this.
