| Curandera Contributor(s): Tafolla, Carmen (Author), Cantú, Norma E. (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 1609402375 ISBN-13: 9781609402372 Publisher: Wings Press (TX) OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.30 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 the past three decades. |