Infinite divisions : an anthology of Chicana literature /
Offers examples of oral narratives and literature from the nineteenth century to the present
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
c1993
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Table of Contents:
- 2. Self and Identity. So Not To Be Mottled / Bernice Zamora. My Name / Sandra Cisneros. Toma de nombre / Taking of Name / Miriam Bornstein. By Your True Faces We Will Know You / Gloria Anzaldua. El dia de la chicana / Gloria Anzaldua. Soy hija de mis padres ... / I am the daughter of my parents / Lorenza Calvillo-Craig. La Loca de la Raza Cosmica / la Chrisx. Crisis de identidad / Crisis of Identity / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Oaxaca, 1974 / Lorna Dee Cervantes. The Gift? / Sylvia S. Lizarraga. Chicana Studies / Rina Garcia Rocha. To Other Women Who Were Ugly Once / Ines Hernandez. Women Are Not Roses / Ana Castillo. Legal Alien / Pat Mora. To live in the Borderlands means you / Gloria Anzaldua. Mestiza / Marina Rivera. ever since / Veronica Cunningham. I sing to myself / Alma Villanueva. Progenitor / Bernice Zamora. From "A Letter to Alicia" / Ana Castillo. Whole / Ana Castillo. Desert Women / Pat Mora
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- 3. Self and Others. My Mother Pieced Quilts / Teresa Palomo Acosta. ser conforme / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. Haciendo Tamales / Cordelia Candelaria. Beneath the Shadow of the Freeway / Lorna Dee Cervantes. mi mama se sentaba / my mother would sit / Xelina. For the Color of My Mother / Cherrie Moraga. Baby Doll / Rina Garcia Rocha. The Album / Antonia Quintana Pigno. Section 3 from Mother, May I? / Alma Villanueva. Mama Tona / Marina Rivera. The Moths / Helena Maria Viramontes. Mourning a Sister's Death / Irene Blea. To a Little Blond Girl of Heber, Califas / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Wimpy's Wake / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Arturo Burro / Sandra Cisneros. mente joven ... / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. El sueno de las flores / Lorna Dee Cervantes. On Meeting You in Dream and Remembering Our Dance / Denise Chavez. Chon / Marina Rivera. after the name-giving / Ines Hernandez (T'oma'hto'hla'hkikt, Ines). To My Daughter / Alma Villanueva. Nuestros mundos / Our Worlds / Lucha Corpi. Plot / Pat Mora.^
- 4. Spaces. La Casa / The House / Maria Herrera-Sobek. kitchen talk / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. New Year's Eve / Rina Garcia Rocha. Section 5 from Mother, May I? / Alma Villanueva. Spaces like the Barrio / Irene Blea. The Truth in My Eves / Rina Garcia Rocha. The Journey / Patricia Preciado Martin. was fun running 'round descalza / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. Caminitos / Carmen Tafolla. Roads / Barbara Brinson Curiel. The Valley of the Sun / Gina Valdes. Fecundating / Bernice Zamora. El retorno / Gloria Anzaldua. Drought: San Joaquin Valley, Winter / Barbara Brinson Curiel. La Gran Ciudad / Angela De Hoyos. The Border / Gina Valdes. tia juana u glisten / Xelina. tavern taboo / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon
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- 5. Myths and Archetypes. Aztec Princess / Pat Mora. Marina / Lucha Corpi. La Malinche / Carmen Tafolla. La Malinche a Cortez y Vice Versa / La Malinche to Cortez and Vice Versa / Angela de Hoyos. Somos la Tierra / Beverly Sanchez-Padilla. Malinche's Discourse / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Malinche Past: Selection from Paletitas de guayaba / Erlinda Gonzales-Berry. Malinchista, A Myth Revised / Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Como Duele / Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell. Go Away from My Window, La Llorona (1) / Cordelia Candelaria. La Llorona: At Sixteen; Portrait by the River / Cordelia Candelaria. La Llorona / Naomi Quinonez. Witches' Blood / Alma Villanueva. The Three Sisters / Sandra Cisneros. Hands / Pat Mora. 1910 / Pat Mora. Josefina's Chickens / Gina Valdes. Adelita / Ana Montes. Guerrillera Soy / I Am a Warrior Woman / Ines Hernandez. Sor Juana / Estela Portillo Trambley. 444 Years After / Carmen Tafolla. Little Miracles, Kept Promises / Sandra Cisneros. Gullible / Margarita Cota-Cardenas.^
- 6. Writers on Language and Writing. A Poet's Job / Alma Villanueva. It Is My Nature / Alma Villanueva. Creations / Irene Blea. Cuentista: Story-teller / Pat Mora. Clever Twist / Pat Mora. Restless Serpents / Bernie Zamora. Como la semilla / Like the Seed / Lucha Corpi. Protocolo de verduras / The Protocol of Vegetables / Lucha Corpi. Para el consumidor / For the Consumer / Miriam Bornstein. Maybe a Nun After All / Pat Mora. Visions of Mexico While at a Writing Symposium in Port Townsend Washington / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Poem For The Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, An Intelligent, Well-Read Person Could Believe In The War Between Races / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Declaration on a Day of Little Inspiration / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Literary Wetback / Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Refugee Ship / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Linguistic Terrorism / Gloria Anzaldua. Julieta's Muses / Judy Gonzales-Flores. They Are Laying Plans for Me
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- 7. Growing-Up. Growing / Helena Maria Viramontes. Aay Cucuy ...! / "Ooooh! The Boogieman!" / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Nostalgia / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Pueblo, 1950 / Bernice Zamora. Elena at 5 Years / Demetria Martinez. Troublemaker (for all who ask what I plan to do with my degree) / Demetria Martinez. Excerpts from "Rosebud" / Erlinda Gonzales-Berry. How I Changed the War and Won the Game / Mary Helen Ponce. Velorio / Sandra Cisneros. Evening in Paris / Denise Chavez. Monarquia / Sylvia Lizarraga. Para Teresa / Ines Hernandez. I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid / Alma Villanueva. In the Toolshed / Patricia Santana-Bejar. Her Choice / Alma Villanueva
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- 8. Celebrations. My Poetry / Sylvia Chacon. Fire / Barbara Brinson Curiel. Movimiento / Movement / Lucha Corpi. Let Us Never Forget the Dance / Alma Villanueva. He was one of those special ones, she said / Ines Hernandez. The Ceremony of Orgasm / Alma Villanueva. Mielvirgen / Pat Mora. Spring Tonic / Pat Mora. Dream / Pat Mora. The Body as Braille / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Como lo siento / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Making Tortillas / Alicia Gaspar de Alba. Bearded Lady / Bernice Zamora. Two Brothers / Beverly Silva. Plumb / Bernice Zamora. Segments / Cordelia Candelaria. Emplumada / Lorna Dee Cervantes. 'San Antonio Rose' Era Xicana / Angela de Hoyos. Sin Ti Yo No Soy Nada / Without You I Am Nothing / Beverly Silva. The Paris Gown / Estela Portillo Trambley. Weeping With Laughter / Gina Valdes
- Cuento de Hadas / Fairy Tale / Angela de Hoyos. Mi Reflejo / Lydia Camarillo
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- Photographic Images: Some of the Contributors
- 1. Foremothers. I. The Oral Tradition. Excerpts from "Una Vieja Y Sus Recuerdos" Eufemia's Sopapillas. An Old Native Custom: La Curandera. Quiteria Outwits the Witch Nurse. Las Tres Gangozas (The Three Sisters). II. The Written Tradition. Asking For the Bride / Nina Otero-Warren. The Field Crosses of the Farmers / Nina Otero-Warren. The Herb Woman / Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert. Shadows of the Past
- VI. Memorias / Cleofas M. Jaramillo. Flores Secas / Dried Flowers / Carmen Celia Beltran. Quinceanera / Sweet Fifteen / Carmen Celia Beltran. Drama en Mananitas / Drama in the Early Mornings / Maria Esperanza Lopez de Padilla. Maria Esperanza / Maria Esperanza Lopez de Padilla. Simplicidades / Simplicities / Maria Esperanza Lopez de Padilla. A Elena / To Elena / Maria Esperanza Lopez de Padilla. School / Esther Vernon Galindo
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- The Toltec / Ana Castillo. South Sangamon / Sandra Cisneros. The Jewelry Collection of Marta la Guera / Mary Helen Ponce. Do You Take? / Bernice Zamora. Para un Revolucionario / Lorna Dee Cervantes. A Woman Was Raped / Veronica Cunningham. For Virginia Chavez / Lorna Dee Cervantes. Crow / Lorna Dee Cervantes
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- Those Curanderas / Teresa Palomo Acosta. Poema Inedito / Unpublished Poem / Maria Herrera-Sobek. Mi Poesia / My Poetry / Maria Herrera-Sobek. Dedicated to American Atomics II / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Lirica fanatica / Fanatic Lyric / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. Desveladas inutiles / Useless Sleeplessness / Margarita Cota-Cardenas. The Confession / Naomi Quinonez. como embrujada / Evangelina Vigil-Pinon. Paradox / Ana Castillo. Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes / Sandra Cisneros
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