"I am willing to relate all I can remember, but I wish it clearly understood that it must be in my own way, and at my own time. I will not be hurried or dictated to. It is my history and not yours I propose to tell."--Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo, on "Recuerdos historicos y personales" (1875) My History, Not Yours is a landmark study of the autobiographical writings of Mexican Americans in the century following the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848. Some 75,000 inhabitants of what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were suddenly foreigners on their own lands....
"I am willing to relate all I can remember, but I wish it clearly understood that it must be in my own way, and at my own time. I will not be hurr...
The eleven essays collected in this volume describe individual African American, Chicano and Chicana, Native American, Asian American, gay and lesbian, and white female experiences in academe. Representing a wide variety of fields and career paths in the profession, the authors explore topics such as marginalization, alienation, and persistent discrimination; the obstacles women and minorities face in advancing their careers, as well as strategies for overcoming those obstacles; the backlash against affirmative action; and the implications of gender, sexuality, race, and power in the...
The eleven essays collected in this volume describe individual African American, Chicano and Chicana, Native American, Asian American, gay and lesbian...
Through familiar details - leaking faucets and lowriders, chicharrones and chicken coops - the author remembers familia, comunidad, and tradiciones from his upbringing in northern New Mexico's Embudo Valley.
Through familiar details - leaking faucets and lowriders, chicharrones and chicken coops - the author remembers familia, comunidad, and tradiciones fr...
Gaspar Prez de Villagr (1555 - 1620) was a captain in Juan de Oates expedition that first colonized New Mexico in 1598. In that role, Villagr served as the unofficial chronicler of the expedition. He composed the epic poem of New Mexico history, Historia de la Nueva Mxico (1610), regarded as the first epic poem of European origin generated in the present United States. In this engaging study Genaro Padilla enters into Villagrs epic poem of the Oate expedition to reveal that the soldier was no mere chronicler but that his writing offers a subtle critique of the empire whose expansion he seems...
Gaspar Prez de Villagr (1555 - 1620) was a captain in Juan de Oates expedition that first colonized New Mexico in 1598. In that role, Villagr served a...
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Maria Herrera-Sobek Genaro M. Padilla
Twelve essays on marginalization, alienation, and persistent discrimination in English and foreign language departments across the United States as well as strategies for overcoming these obstacles.
Twelve essays on marginalization, alienation, and persistent discrimination in English and foreign language departments across the United States as we...
