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Curandera
Tafolla, Carmen, Ph.d.
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Description for Curandera
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities. Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout ... Read more
Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities. Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
San Antonio, TX, United States
ISBN
9781609402372
SKU
V9781609402372
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99-49
About Tafolla, Carmen, Ph.d.
Carmen Tafolla is a professor at the University of Texas–San Antonio and the author of more than 15 books, including The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans and Sonnets and Salsa. She is the recipient of various awards, including the 2010 Américas Award, two International Latino Book Awards, and the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Book Award. Norma E. Cantú is an ... Read more
Reviews for Curandera
“Tafolla is a pioneer of Chicana literature.” —Ana Castillo, poet, I Ask the Impossible “A world-class writer.” —Alex Haley, author, Roots: The Saga of an American Family “Curandera is magic and wonder.” —Norma E. Cantú, author, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera