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Book Synopsis From Out of the Shadows by : Vicki L. Ruiz
Download or read book From Out of the Shadows written by Vicki L. Ruiz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicki L. Ruiz provides the first full study of Mexican-American women in the 20th century, in a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories that capture a vivid sense of the Mexicana experience in the United States. Beginning with the first wave of women crossing the border early this century, Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced, the communities they have built, and also highlights the various forms of political protest they have initiated. What emerges from the book is a portrait of a distinctive culture in America that has slowly gathered strength in the last 95 years.
Book Synopsis Woven Within My Grandmother's Braid by : Marjorie Walker Saint
Download or read book Woven Within My Grandmother's Braid written by Marjorie Walker Saint and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Woven Within My Grandmother's Braid by : Marjorie Sánchez-Walker
Download or read book Woven Within My Grandmother's Braid written by Marjorie Sánchez-Walker and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bintou's Braids by : Sylvianne Diouf
Download or read book Bintou's Braids written by Sylvianne Diouf and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2004-10-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bintou, a little girl living in West Africa, finally gets her wish for braids, she discovers that what she dreamed for has been hers all along.
Book Synopsis From Out of the Shadows by : Vicki Ruíz
Download or read book From Out of the Shadows written by Vicki Ruíz and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anniversary edition of the first full study of Mexican American women in the twentieth century, with new preface
Book Synopsis Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936 by : Lisbeth Haas
Download or read book Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936 written by Lisbeth Haas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1995-05-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review: "Study of the Mexican population of Upper California especially around San Juan Capistrano. Addresses culture, economics, and social life"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Book Synopsis Decade of Betrayal by : Francisco E. Balderrama
Download or read book Decade of Betrayal written by Francisco E. Balderrama and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2006-05-31 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient scapegoat and found it in the Mexican community. Laws forbidding employment of Mexicans were accompanied by the hue and cry to "get rid of the Mexicans!" The hysteria led pandemic repatriation drives and one million Mexicans and their children were illegally shipped to Mexico. Despite their horrific treatment and traumatic experiences, the American born children never gave up hope of returning to the United States. Upon attaining legal age, they badgered their parents to let them return home. Repatriation survivors who came back worked diligently to get their lives back together. Due to their sense of shame, few of them ever told their children about their tragic ordeal. Decade of Betrayal recounts the injustice and suffering endured by the Mexican community during the 1930s. It focuses on the experiences of individuals forced to undergo the tragic ordeal of betrayal, deprivation, and adjustment. This revised edition also addresses the inclusion of the event in the educational curriculum, the issuance of a formal apology, and the question of fiscal remuneration. "Francisco Balderrama and Raymond Rodríguez, the authors of Decade of Betrayal, the first expansive study of Mexican repatriation with perspectives from both sides of the border, claim that 1 million people of Mexican descent were driven from the United States during the 1930s due to raids, scare tactics, deportation, repatriation and public pressure. Of that conservative estimate, approximately 60 percent of those leaving were legal American citizens. Mexicans comprised nearly half of all those deported during the decade, although they made up less than 1 percent of the country's population. 'Americans, reeling from the economic disorientation of the depression, sought a convenient scapegoat' Balderrama and Rodríguez wrote. 'They found it in the Mexican community.'"--American History
Book Synopsis Writing the Range by : Elizabeth Jameson
Download or read book Writing the Range written by Elizabeth Jameson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In mythic sagas of the American West, the wide western range offers boundless opportunity to profile a limited cast of white men. In this pathbreaking anthology, Jameson and Armitage brings together 29 essays which present the story of women from that era. Clearly written and accessible, "Writing the Range" makes a major contribution to ethnic history, women's history, and interpretations of the American West. 27 illustrations. 3 maps.
Download or read book The Braided World written by Kay Kenyon and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Come find what you have lost...” Heeding this cryptic message from deep space, the crew of the starship Restoration journeys from Earth to a distant planet, hoping to find humanity’s lost genetic diversity. But with the human race on the verge of extinction from the twin horrors of plague and a mysterious scourge of dark matter, how can an alien world harbor any remedies for Earth’s declining populations? Worse, the Restoration arrives depleted: its captain is dead, its crew demoralized--except for an indomitable old woman whose power and wealth give her the privilege of naming the new captain. Anton Prados, a young, untested officer, will now preside over humanity’s first contact with an alien race. An alien race that, improbably, looks exactly like humans. Only, the Dassa possess highly unusual breeding habits--and a reproductive process that seems to be the nullification of all that is human. And they think much the same about humanity… From the Paperback edition.
Book Synopsis Lessons From Grandma and the Braided Rug by : Karen Carroll
Download or read book Lessons From Grandma and the Braided Rug written by Karen Carroll and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lessons from Grandma and the Braided Rug and More Hearty Education from Genuine Living is a seven-chapter reading experience filled with a delightful mix of photos, lessons with sincerity and humor, a look into the real heart of a few individuals, questions and spaces for answers, concepts for contemplation, poems, recipes, and instructions for applying life's tutoring and its benefits to people of all ages.
Book Synopsis Queer Expectations by : Zohar Weiman-Kelman
Download or read book Queer Expectations written by Zohar Weiman-Kelman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish women have had a fraught relationship with history, struggling for inclusion while resisting their limited role as (re)producers of the future. In Queer Expectations, Zohar Weiman-Kelman shows how Jewish women writers turned to poetry to write new histories, developing "queer expectancy" as a conceptual tool for understanding how literary texts can both invoke and resist what came before. Bringing together Jewish women's poetry from the late nineteenth century, the interwar period, and the 1970s and 1980s, Weiman-Kelman takes readers on a boundary-crossing journey through works in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew, setting up encounters between writers of different generations, locations, and languages. Queer Expectations highlights genealogical lines of continuity drawn by authors as diverse as Emma Lazarus, Kadya Molodowsky, Leah Goldberg, Anna Margolin, Irena Klepfisz, and Adrienne Rich. These poets push back against heteronormative imperatives of biological reproduction and inheritance, opting instead for connections that twist traditional models of gender and history. Looking backward in queer ways enables new histories to emerge, intervenes in a troubled present, and gives hope for unexpected futures.
Book Synopsis Lily of the Waters by : Rhys Darkwood
Download or read book Lily of the Waters written by Rhys Darkwood and published by Marcelo Marins Rodrigues. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in the heart of the ocean, a water elemental princess lives a sheltered existence. Her world is turned upside down when she's betrothed to a fire prince from a rival kingdom. Can a love born from such opposing forces survive? As she navigates a world of fire and passion, she must also uncover a dark secret that threatens both kingdoms. Will her magic be enough to save them? Find out in this captivating tale of love, magic, and destiny.
Book Synopsis Grandmother Power by : Paola Gianturco
Download or read book Grandmother Power written by Paola Gianturco and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether fighting for the environment, human rights, education, health, or cultural preservation, a new generation of activist grandmothers across the world are using their strength, wisdom, and hearts to make a difference. An unheralded grandmothers' movement is changing the world. Insurgent grandmothers are using their power to fight for a better future for grandchildren everywhere. And they are succeeding. Grandmother Power profiles activist grandmothers in fifteen countries on five continents who tell their compelling stories in their own words. Grandmothers in Canada, Swaziland, and South Africa collaborate to care for AIDS orphans. Grandmothers in Senegal convince communities to abandon female genital mutilation. Grandmothers in India become solar engineers and bring light to their villages while those in Peru, Thailand, and Laos sustain weaving traditions. Grandmothers in Argentina teach children to love books and reading. Other Argentine grandmothers continue their 40-year search for grandchildren who were kidnapped during the nation's military dictatorship. Irish grandmothers teach children to sow seeds and cook with fresh, local ingredients. Filipino grandmothers demand justice for having been forced into sex slavery during World War II. Guatemalan grandmothers operate a hotline and teach parenting. In the Middle East, Israeli grandmothers monitor checkpoints to prevent abuse and the UAE's most popular television show stars four animated grandmothers who are surprised by contemporary life. Indigenous grandmothers from thirteen countries conduct healing rituals to bring peace to the world. Gianturco's full-color images and her heroines' amazing tales make Grandmother Power an inspiration for everyone, and it cements the power of grandmothers worldwide. Please visit http://globalgrandmotherpower.com/ for additional information. All author royalties will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign, which provides grants to African grandmothers who are raising AIDS orphans.
Book Synopsis My Life by : Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya
Download or read book My Life written by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 2110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Language Association (MLA) awarded the Lois Roth Award to John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski of the University of Ottawa’s Slavic Research Group for their translation of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya’s My Life memoirs. My Life was selected among the top 100 non-fiction works of 2010 by The Globe and Mail. It has also won an honourable mention in the Biography and Autobiography category of the 2010 American Publishers Awards for the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) awards. And, finally, it made it into the Association of American University Presses' 2011 Book, Jacket and Journal Show. One hundred years after his death, Leo Tolstoy continues to be regarded as one of the world’s most accomplished writers. Historically, little attention has been paid to his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya. Acting in the capacity of literary assistant, translator, transcriber, and editor, she played an important role in the development of her husband’s career. Her memoirs – which she titled My Life – lay dormant for almost a century. Now their first-time-ever appearance in Russia is complemented by an unabridged and annotated English translation. Tolstaya’s story takes us from her childhood through the early years of her marriage, the writing of War and Peace and Anna Karenina and into the first year of the twentieth century. She paints an intimate and honest portrait of her husband’s character, providing new details about his life to which she alone was privy. She offers a better understanding of Tolstoy’s character, his qualities and failings as a husband and a father, and forms a picture of the quintessential Tolstoyan character which underlies his fiction. My Life also reveals that Tolstaya was an accomplished author in her own right—as well as a translator, amateur artist, musician, photographer, and businesswoman—a rarity in the largely male-dominated world of the time. She was actively involved in the relief efforts for the 1891–92 famine and the emigration of the Doukhobors in 1899. She was a prolific correspondent, in touch with many prominent figures in Russian and Western society. Guests in her home ranged from peasants to princes, from anarchists to artists, from composers to philosophers. Her descriptions of these personalities read as a chronicle of the times, affording a unique portrait of late-19th- and early-20th-century Russian society, ranging from peasants to the Tsar himself. My Life is the most important primary document about Tolstoy to be published in many years and a unique and intimate portrait of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.
Book Synopsis Beverly Hills Demon Slayer by : Angie Fox
Download or read book Beverly Hills Demon Slayer written by Angie Fox and published by Moose Island Books. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m not exactly a diamonds and champagne type of girl. Did the fact that I’m a demon-slaying biker witch give it away? But when an ancient cult becomes the “in” thing in Beverly Hills, I can’t let it slide. Something is off, and as a demon slayer, I’ve learned to always trust my instincts. They say it’s all youth potions, parties, and priceless Egyptian artifacts, but there’s a demon involved…and I’m not welcome. It’s not the first time I’ve been kicked out of a place. I go in undercover, along with my sexy Greek shape-shifter husband, my biker witch buddies, and a dog that is way too fond of free appetizers and the red-carpet lifestyle. Between dodging detection and uncovering ancient secrets, I have my hands full. And when the demon manages to hook his claws into my eternal soul, I realize I may be stepping out for my final event.
Download or read book After written by Ellen Datlow and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe's wake-whether set in the days after the change, or decades far in the future. New York Times bestselling authors Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Carrie Ryan, Beth Revis, and Jane Yolen are among the many popular and award-winning storytellers lending their talents to this original and spellbinding anthology.
Book Synopsis Your Grandmothers’ Guide to Hispanic Folk Remedies & Advice by : Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D.
Download or read book Your Grandmothers’ Guide to Hispanic Folk Remedies & Advice written by Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking to tap into the wisdom and knowledge of your Hispanic ancestors? Look no further than Dr. Zavaleta’s new book, Our Grandmothers’ Guide to Hispanic Folk Remedies & Advice: The Curandera’s Household Healing Traditions of the Borderlands In this beautifully informative book, you'll discover the traditional remedies and advice passed down through generations of Hispanic families. From natural remedies for common ailments used by grandmothers to the cultural significance of certain ingredients, this book is a treasure trove of knowledge. Not only will you learn about the practical uses of these remedies, but you'll also gain a deeper understanding of the cultural traditions and values that have shaped them. Whether you're looking to connect with your heritage or simply want to learn about natural remedies, ‘Our Grandmothers’ Guide to Hispanic Folk Remedies & Advice’ is a must-read. Get your copy today and start tapping into the wisdom of your ancestors.
