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One Island, Many Voices

Author : Eduardo R. del Rio
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816548609
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book One Island, Many Voices written by Eduardo R. del Rio and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuban-American writers have been studied primarily within the context of Latino literature as a whole. Seeing a need to distinguish and define this unique literary perspective, Eduardo del Rio selected twelve important well-known authors and conducted interviews. He chose writers who were born in Cuba but have lived in the United States for a significant amount of time and whose works include themes he considers elemental to Cuban-American literature: identity, duality, memory, and exile. But rather than a cohesive, homogeneous group, these conversations unveiled a kaleidoscope of individuality, style, and motive. The authors’ bonds to Cuba inform their creative work in vastly different ways, and attempts to categorize their similarities only highlight the range of character and experience within this assemblage of talented writers. From playwright Dolores Prida to author and literary critic Gustavo Pérez Firmat, these voices run the gamut of both genre and personality. In addition to the essential facts of literary accomplishment, the interviews include a wealth of insight into each writer’s history, motivations, concerns, and relationship to language. These personal details serve to humanize and illuminate the unique circumstances and realities that have shaped both the authors and their work. What del Rio has ultimately brought together is a series of intimate sketches that will not only serve as an important reference for any discussion of the literature but will also help readers to develop for themselves a sense of what Cuban-American writing is, and what it is not. CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Nilo Cruz Roberto Fernández Cristina García Carolina Hospital Eduardo Machado Dionisio Martínez Pablo Medina Achy Obejas Ricardo Pau-Llosa Gustavo Pérez Firmat Dolores Prida Virgil Suárez Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

At Ellis Island

Author : Louise Peacock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689830262
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book At Ellis Island written by Louise Peacock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of people coming to the United States from many different lands are conveyed in the words of a contemporary young girl visiting Ellis Island and of a girl who immigrated in about 1910, as well as by quotes from early twentieth century immigrants and Ellis Island officials.

Many Voices One Song

Author : Ted J. Rau
Publisher : Institute for Peaceable Communities, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781949183009
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Many Voices One Song written by Ted J. Rau and published by Institute for Peaceable Communities, Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Voices One Song is a detailed manual for implementing sociocracy, an egalitarian form of governance also known as dynamic governance. The book includes step-by-step descriptions for structuring organizations, making decisions by consent, and generating feedback. The content is illustrated by diagrams, examples and stories from the field.

The Voice of an Island

Author : Voices of Future Generations
Publisher : Voices of Future Generatio
ISBN 13 : 9780956699558
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of an Island written by Voices of Future Generations and published by Voices of Future Generatio. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These upcoming years are crucial as world leaders will agree on a new sustainable development framework for the next 15 years. The proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals include targets to end poverty, to ensure healthy lives and quality education and to combat climate change, among others. The decisions taken will undoubtedly have a huge impact on children's lives and rights today as well as the lives and rights of future generations.

Many voices [by M. Tollemache].

Author : Mrs. Marguerite Tollemache
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Many voices [by M. Tollemache]. written by Mrs. Marguerite Tollemache and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cuban Studies 40

Author : Louis A. Perez, Jr.
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822978482
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Cuban Studies 40 written by Louis A. Perez, Jr. and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes essays on: the role of race in the revolution of 1933; the subject of disaster in eighteenth-century Cuban poetry; developments in Cuban historiography over the past fifty years; a profile of the work of historian Jos Vega Suol; and a remembrance of essayist and literary critic Nara Arajo, who also contributed an article on travel in Cuba for this volume.

Crossing The Delaware

Author : Louise Peacock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416958908
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Crossing The Delaware written by Louise Peacock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the events leading up to the Battle of Trenton, the battle itself, and its aftermath, as told through historical excerpts, a tour of Washington's crossing, and a series of fictionalized letters.

The story of Elizabeth; 2 hours; From an island

Author : Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The story of Elizabeth; 2 hours; From an island written by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Performance in the Borderlands

Author : R. Rivera-Servera
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230294553
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Performance in the Borderlands written by R. Rivera-Servera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean.

Embodied Economies

Author : Israel Reyes
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978827873
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Embodied Economies written by Israel Reyes and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do upwardly mobile Latinx Caribbean migrants leverage their cultural heritage to buy into the American Dream? In the neoliberal economy of the United States, the discourse of white nationalism compels upwardly mobile immigrants to trade in their ties to ethnic and linguistic communities to assimilate to the dominant culture. For Latinx Caribbean immigrants, exiles, and refugees this means abandoning Spanish, rejecting forms of communal inter-dependence, and adopting white, middle-class forms of embodiment to mitigate any ethnic and racial identity markers that might hinder their upwardly mobile trajectories. This transactional process of acquiring and trading in various kinds of material and embodied practices across traditions is a phenomenon author Israel Reyes terms “transcultural capital,” and it is this process he explores in the contemporary fiction and theater of the Latinx Caribbean diaspora. In chapters that compare works by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nilo Cruz, Edwin Sánchez, Ángel Lozada, Rita Indiana Hernández, Dolores Prida, and Mayra Santos Febres, Reyes examines the contradictions of transcultural capital, its potential to establish networks of support in Latinx enclaves, and the risks it poses for reproducing the inequities of power and privilege that have always been at the heart of the American Dream. Embodied Economies shares new perspectives through its comparison of works written in both English and Spanish, and the literary voices that emerge from the US and the Hispanic Caribbean.

Heart of a Samurai

Author : Margi Preus
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613120087
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Heart of a Samurai written by Margi Preus and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1841 a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan’s borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way. Manjiro, a 14-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives there for some time and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider. With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade the emperor to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai. Heart of a Samurai is a 2011 Newbery Honor Book. U Accolades and Praise for Heart of a Samurai /u2011 Newbery Honor Book New York Times Bestseller NPR Backseat Book Club pick "A terrifc biographical novel by Margi Preus." -Wall Street Journal DIV*STARRED REVIEW* /divDIV"It’s a classic fish-out-of-water story (although this fish goes into the water repeatedly), and it’s precisely this classic structure that gives the novel the sturdy bones of a timeless tale. Backeted by gritty seafaring episodes—salty and bloody enough to assure us that Preus has done her research—the book’s heart is its middle section, in which Manjiro, allegedly the first Japanese to set foot in America, deals with the prejudice and promise of a new world. By Japanese tradition, Manjiro was destined to be no more than a humble fisherman, but when his 10-year saga ends, he has become so much more." --Booklist, starred review *STARRED REVIEW* "Illustrated with Manjiro’s own pencil drawings in addition to other archival material and original art from Tamaki, this is a captivating fictionalized (although notably faithful) retelling of the boy’s adventures. Capturing his wonder, remarkable willingness to learn, the prejudice he encountered and the way he eventually influenced officials in Japan to open the country, this highly entertaining page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review/div *STARRED REVIEW* "Stunning debut novel. Preus places readers in the young man’s shoes, whether he is on a ship or in a Japanese prison. Her deftness in writing is evident in two poignant scenes, one in which Manjiro realizes the similarities between the Japanese and the Americans and the other when he reunites with his Japanese family." --School Library Journal, starred review *STARRED REVIEW* "Preus mixes fact with fiction in a tale that is at once adventurous, heartwarming, sprawling, and nerve-racking in its depictions of early anti-Asian sentiment. She succeeds in making readers feel every bit as “other” as Manjiro, while showing America at its best and worst through his eyes." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "First-time novelist Preus turns the true story of Manjiro into an action-packed boy's adventure tale." --Horn Book

Hope and Tears

Author : Gwenyth Swain
Publisher : Calkins Creek Books
ISBN 13 : 159078765X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Hope and Tears written by Gwenyth Swain and published by Calkins Creek Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the immigration station in New York harbor, along with fictionalized accounts of the people who came through or worked there.

Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices

Author : Popple, Simon
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447341953
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Communities, Archives and New Collaborative Practices written by Popple, Simon and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive. Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and populate them, however digital resources have led to a growing plurality of archives and the practices associated with collecting and curating. This book uses a broad range of case studies which place communities at the heart of this exciting development, to illustrate how their experiences are central to our understanding of this new terrain which challenges traditional histories and the control of knowledge and power.

The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature

Author : Dalia M.A. Gomaa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137496266
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature written by Dalia M.A. Gomaa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging study, Gomma examines contemporary migrant narratives by Arab-American, Chicana, Indian-American, Pakistani-American, and Cuban-American women writers. Concepts such as national consciousness, time, space, and belonging are scrutinized through the "non-national" experience, unsettling notions of a unified America.

The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature

Author : Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136161740
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature written by Frederick Luis Aldama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature presents the first comprehensive overview of these popular, experimental and diverse literary cultures. Frederick Luis Aldama traces a historical path through Latino/a literature, examining both the historical and political contexts of the works, as well as their authors and the readership. He also provides an enlightening analysis of: the differing sub-groups of Latino/a literature, including Mexican American, Cuban American, Puerto Rican American, Dominican American, and Central and South American émigré authors established and emerging literary trends such as the postmodern, historical, chica-lit storytelling formats and the graphic novel key literary themes, including gender and sexuality, feminist and queer voices, and migration and borderlands. The author’s methodology and interpretation of a wealth of information will put this rich and diverse area of literary culture into a new light for scholars. The book’s student-friendly features such as a glossary, guide to further reading, explanatory text boxes and chapter summaries, make this the ideal text for anyone approaching the area for the first time.

Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature

Author : Francisco A. Lomelí
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442275499
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature written by Francisco A. Lomelí and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Latino Literature is defined as Latino literature within the United States that embraces the heterogeneous inter-groupings of Latinos. For too long U.S. Latino literature has not been thought of as an integral part of the overall shared American literary landscape, but that is slowly changing. This dictionary aims to rectify some of those misconceptions by proving that Latinos do fundamentally express American issues, concerns and perspectives with a flair in linguistic cadences, familial themes, distinct world views, and cross-cultural voices. The Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has cross-referenced entries on U.S. Latino/a authors, and terms relevant to the nature of U.S. Latino literature in order to illustrate and corroborate its foundational bearings within the overall American literary experience. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.

Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature

Author : Maya Socolovsky
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813561191
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Troubling Nationhood in U.S. Latina Literature written by Maya Socolovsky and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ways in which recent U.S. Latina literature challenges popular definitions of nationhood and national identity. It explores a group of feminist texts that are representative of the U.S. Latina literary boom of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, when an emerging group of writers gained prominence in mainstream and academic circles. Through close readings of select contemporary Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American works, Maya Socolovsky argues that these narratives are “remapping” the United States so that it is fully integrated within a larger, hemispheric Americas. Looking at such concerns as nation, place, trauma, and storytelling, writers Denise Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, Esmeralda Santiago, Ana Castillo, Himilce Novas, and Judith Ortiz Cofer challenge popular views of Latino cultural “unbelonging” and make strong cases for the legitimate presence of Latinas/os within the United States. In this way, they also counter much of today’s anti-immigration rhetoric. Imagining the U.S. as part of a broader "Americas," these writings trouble imperialist notions of nationhood, in which political borders and a long history of intervention and colonization beyond those borders have come to shape and determine the dominant culture's writing and the defining of all Latinos as "other" to the nation.