Language, Latin American Immigrant Literature, and the Making of LatinxNarratives
Excavating narrative memories, Across Canons examines literary allusions to a classic Latin American canon that resurface in the work of Latin American writers who live and work in the United States. The immigrant literature of Edmundo Paz Soldan, Alberto Fuguet, and Cristina Rivera Garza from the late 1990s and early 2000s provides an important ......
Language, Latin American Immigrant Literature, and the Making of LatinxNarratives
Excavating narrative memories, Across Canons examines literary allusions to a classic Latin American canon that resurface in the work of Latin American writers who live and work in the United States. The immigrant literature of Edmundo Paz Soldan, Alberto Fuguet, and Cristina Rivera Garza from the late 1990s and early 2000s provides an important ......
This stunning exploration of Seri (Comcaac) basket weaving reveals the resilience and creativity of the weavers as seen through the lens of documentary photographer David Burckhalter, who has spent five decades cultivating friendships and documenting Seri traditions, landscapes, and basketry in Sonora, Mexico. Blending striking photography with ......
Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting
Border Afterlives begins with the undocumented individuals who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border-deaths that are both preventable and politically produced. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic, participatory, and community-engaged research, author Gabriella Soto examines the postmortem journeys of these migrants through the fragmented ......
Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting
Border Afterlives begins with the undocumented individuals who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border-deaths that are both preventable and politically produced. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic, participatory, and community-engaged research, author Gabriella Soto examines the postmortem journeys of these migrants through the fragmented ......
This collection centers Central American women's voices within the growing narrative of the Central American diaspora. It provides a tapestry of testimonios-from grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and sisters-who explore what it means to be Central American women in the United States. Through the practice of testimonio, contributors create ......
For poet and spoken-word artist Danielle P. Williams, Kantan Chamorrita is more than just the ancient craft of Chamorro folk song. It is also a return and a homecoming. This impromptu style of communal call-and response performance art forms the spokes for Williams's debut collection. Rooted in oral tradition, Chamorrita Song pays homage to Black ......
A new edition of a key text on mental health Chicane Mental Health offers an intersectional and developmental framework for understanding and addressing the mental health needs of Chicane communities. Drawing on over four decades of clinical and academic experience, Yvette G. Flores addresses the entire lifespan from children and youth to ......
In City of Eves, Silvia Bonilla evokes the lives and longing of three young women who suspect the wider world is a ship on the verge of departure-and who are determined not to be stranded on shore. Sonia and her two best friends grow up on the urban coast of Ecuador, sharing cigarettes, school uniforms, and a determination to overcome their ......
