The Beginning (FBI Series) by Berkley $13.00
"The Cove" and "The Maze," the first two thrillers in the FBI series that introduced Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, are offered together for the first time in one volume.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays by Arte Publico Pr $15.95
This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the...
El laberinto de la soledad, Postdata, Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad (Coleccion Popular (Fondo de Cultura Economica)) (Spanish Edition) by Fondo de Cultura Económica $13.95
El laberinto de la soledad y Postdata, junto con las precisiones de Paz a Claude Fell en Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad (1975), son un homenaje a la imaginación y al aliento crítico del poeta mexicano. "Somos, por primera vez en nuestra historia, contemporáneos de todos los hombres", escribió Octavio Paz en El laberinto de la soledad. Medio siglo después la voz de Octavio Paz,...
A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000–2010 by Duke University Press Books $22.95
A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness features essays and poems by Cherríe L. Moraga, one of the most influential figures in Chicana/o, feminist, queer, and indigenous activism and scholarship. Combining moving personal stories with trenchant political and cultural critique, the writer, activist, teacher, dramatist, mother, daughter, comadre, and lesbian lover looks back on the first ten...
The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present by Harold Augenbraum $17.00
The Latino Reader is the first anthology to present the full history of this important American literary tradition, from the mid-sixteenth century to the present day. Selections include works of history, memoirs, letters, and essays, as well as fiction, poetry, and drama. Adding to the importance of the volume are several selections from rare and little-known texts that have been translated into...
The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (College Edition) by Ilan Stavans $54.30
A dazzling and definitive compendium of the Latino literary tradition.This groundbreaking Anthology includes the work of 201 Latino writers from Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Dominican-American traditions, as well as writing from other Spanish-speaking countries. Under the general editorship of award-winning cultural critic Ilan Stavans, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature...
Sab (Hispanic Literature) (Spanish Edition) by Edwin Mellen Pr $119.95
This critical edition of the novel "Sab" (published in 1840 in Madrid) is based on the Cuban printing of the 1970s. It is of particular interest not only because of its aesthetic qualities but also because it addresses issues of interest both for the period in which it was written and contemporary audiences. Among these topics are slavery, basic rights of the individual in society, nationalism,...
From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity by Columbia University Press $28.00
Neither immigrants nor ethnics, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores considers the uniqueness of Puerto Rican culture and identity in relation to that of other Latino groups in the United States -- as...
Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature by Longman $83.00
Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature combines an engaging and diverse selection of Latino/a authors with tools for students to read, think, and write critically about these works. The first anthology of Latino literature to offer teachers and students a wide array of scholarly and pedagogical resources for class discussion and analysis, this thematically organized...
Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (European Perspectives Series) by Leon S. Roudiez $30.00