Growing Up Chicana O Contributor(s): Adler, Bill (Author), Lopez, A. (Author), Lopez, Tiffany A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380724197 ISBN-13: 9780380724192 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: What Does It Mean To Grow Up Chicana/o? When I was growing up, I never read anything in school by anyone who had a "Z" in their last name. This anthology is, in many ways, a public gift to that child who was always searching for herself whithin the pages of a book." from the Introduction by Tiffany Ana Lopez Louie The Foot Gonzalez tells of an eighty-nine-year-old woman with only one tooth who did strange and magical healings... Rosa Elena Yzquierdo remembers when homemade tortillas and homespun wisdom went hand-in-hand... Sandra Cisneros remembers growing up in Chicago... |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies |
Dewey: 810.809 |
LCCN: 93028195 |
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.51 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
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Publisher Description: What Does It Mean To Grow Up Chicana/o? When I was growing up, I never read anything in school by anyone who had a Z in their last name. This anthology is, in many ways, a public gift to that child who was always searching for herself whithin the pages of a book.from the Introduction by Tiffany Ana Lopez Louie The Foot Gonzalez tells of an eighty-nine-year-old woman with only one tooth who did strange and magical healings... Rosa Elena Yzquierdo remembers when homemade tortillas and homespun wisdom went hand-in-hand... Sandra Cisneros remembers growing up in Chicago... |
Contributor Bio(s): Adler, Bill: - Bill Adler is the editor of four New York Times bestselling books, including The Kennedy Wit, and is also the president of Bill Adler Books, Inc., a New York literary agency whose clients have included Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, President George W. Bush, Bob Dole, Larry King, and Nancy Reagan. |