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By Charles Scribner's Sons.
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No comments about Latino and Latina Writers Edition 1. (Scribner Writers Series).
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Written by Arnhilda Badía. By Altea.
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No comments about Hispanics in the USA: Making History.
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Written by Johnston and Lissa. By Capstone Press.
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No comments about Ellen Ochoa: Pioneering Astronaut (Fact Finders Biographies: Great Hispanics).
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Written by Christine M. Hill. By Enslow Publishers.
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No comments about Ten Hispanic American Authors (Collective Biographies).
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Written by James D. Cockcroft and Jane Canning. By Franklin Watts.
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1 comments about Latino Visions: Contemporary Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American Artists (Book Report Biography).
- This is a superb introductory survey of Latino visual arts as practiced in the United States by artists of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban descent. It would be an excellent selection for libraries, and as a high school text or adjunctive college text. The book's exposition is guided by respect for (and a complex undersanding of) the artists' works, a strategy that avoids pigeon-holing works which often do not fit well into conventional categories. Cockcroft is respectful of the people and their struggles, as well as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the art. It is beautifully written. (Would that more such texts were written with such clarity as well as such a comprehensive and respectful perspective). It should be especially inspiring to young adult readers, offering as it does example after example of integrity, repect for cultural roots, principled opposition to arbitrary restrictions/oppressions--all expressed creatively with a wide variety of examples, accompanied by excellent photographic illustrations. And the artists are examples of success, too, since many of them have successful careers in galleries and with museum purchases of their works. An example of how Cockcroft integrates diverse elements in discussing the examples, is when he notes the presence of doilies in a Nick Quijano work. Cockcroft says they are present in many Puerto Rican households, then parenthetically explains that this is beacuse "many women did needlework as a way to get extra income' (p.96). Thus do the works "come alive" for the reader. This is a book about the meanings of complex cultures and of individual experiences within (and apart from) them, illuminated by examinations of specific artworks. It is an impressive achievement, and a superior introduction to the artworks discussed, and also to their originating cultures and social and political and mystical beliefs. In short, it is a book aobut art, but it is really a book about respect and tolerance intoday's United States based on knowledge and human decency.
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Written by Edwin Aybar Lopez. By 1st Books Library.
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No comments about Soñando: Thoughts of a Young Latino.
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By U·X·L.
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No comments about UXL Hispanic American Voices Edition 2..
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Written by Victor Villasenor. By Pinata Books.
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No comments about Estrellas Peregrinas / Walking Stars: Cuentos de Magia y Poder / Magic and Power Stories.
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Written by Diane O'Connell. By Joseph Henry Press.
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No comments about People Person: The Story of Sociologist Marta Tienda (Women's Adventures in Science).
Posted in Biography (Monday, October 13, 2008)
Written by Jesús Salvador Treviño. By Arte Publico Press.
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1 comments about Eyewitness: A Filmmaker's Memoir of the Chicano Movement (Hispanic Civil Rights).
- Names and stories about so called "Role Models" fall short in front of this personal memoirs of Jesus Salvador Trevino.
This book is a great collection of personal experiences and success in a society where not being "white" means to swim against the current.
I highly recommend it for teachers to share with their students.
Each page carries a message that says: Yes, it can be done!
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