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  • The Epic of Juan Latino

    Dilemmas of Race and Religion in Renaissance Spain

    Series series Toronto Iberic
    In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe’s first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria).Piecing together the surviving evidence, Wright traces Latino’s life in Granada, Iberia’s last Muslim metropolis, from his early clandestine education as a slave in a noble household to his ... Leer más

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  • Hunger of Memory

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    Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum.Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation ... Leer más

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  • The Far Away Brothers

    Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life

    The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California—fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong.“Impeccably timed, intimately reported, and beautifully expressed.”—The New York TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE • SILVER WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK ... Leer más

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  • Gay Latino Studies

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    The authors of the essays in this unique collection explore the lives and cultural contributions of gay Latino men in the United States, while also analyzing the political and theoretical stakes of gay Latino studies. In new essays and influential previously published pieces, Latino scholars based in American studies, ethnic studies, history, performance studies, and sociology consider gay Latino ... Leer más

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  • Cultural Hermeneutics

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    In Cultural Hermeneutics, Mario J. Valdés offers a synthesis of the hermeneutic philosophies of Miguel de Unamuno and Paul Ricoeur, a dialectical method that has formed the basis for many of Valdés’ own studies in comparative literature. As Valdés explains in these insightful essays, what Unamuno and Ricoeur shared in their hermeneutic studies was a theory of interpretation in which the meaning of ... Leer más

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  • Sueños Americanos

    Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities

    Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers.For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota interviewed and observed Latino youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four who lived in a ... Leer más

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  • The Gospel of César Chávez

    My Faith in Action

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    Series series Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology
    Once asked to explain how he had sustained himself over so many years of struggle, César Chávez responded: "I don't think I could base my will to struggle on cold economics or some political doctrine. For me, the base must be faith."In evaluating the life and struggles of César Chávez, one of the most recognized Latino leaders in the United States and the first labor leader to successfully ... Leer más

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  • Subjectivity and the Reproduction of Imperial Power

    Empire�s Individuals

    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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  • Spanish Modernism and the Poetics of Youth

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    Series series Toronto Iberic
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  • The Task of the Cleric

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  • The Isleños of Louisiana: On the Water's Edge

    Series series American Heritage
    Louisiana is perhaps best known for its distinctive French heritage, a legacy visible in the street names and architecture around the state.The truth is, Louisiana has one of the most culturally diverse populations in the nation, with not only French and Anglo-American settlers, but the Native Americans who lived there already, and the enslaved Africans the new colonists brought with them into ... Leer más

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  • Communities in Fiction

    Series series Commonalities
    Communities in Fiction reads six novels or stories (one each by Trollope, Hardy, Conrad, Woolf, Pynchon, and Cervantes) in the light of theories of community worked out (contradictorily) by Raymond Williams, Martin Heidegger, and Jean- Luc Nancy.The book’s topic is the question of how communities or noncommunities are represented in fictional works. Such fictional communities help the reader ... Leer más

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