Latina Legacies - Identity, Biography, and Community

Zusatztext Latina Legacies is a marvelous addition to the American Studies literature documenting the lives of exemplary Latinas as diverse as Luisa Moreno, Carmen Miranda, and Teresa Urrea. Telling the stories of women of various classes, of hybrid racial identities, of diverse political engagements, and of complex romantic proclivities, this book is a gold mine of information for teachers and students alike. Klappentext An extraordinary exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s to the present! this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed! defined! defied! and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid! Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton! Maria Gertrudis Barcelo! Loreta Janeta Velazquez! Luisa Capetillo! Lola Rodriguez de Tio! Teresa Urrea! Adelina Otero Warren! JovitaGonzalez Mireles! Pura Belpre! Luisa Moreno! Carmen Miranda! Antonia Pantoja! Ana Mendieta! and Dolores Huerta. Zusammenfassung An exploration of Latinas in the United States from the 1800s, this collection of narrative biographies documents the lives of fifteen remarkable individuals who witnessed, defined, defied, and wrote about the forces that shaped their lives. This anthology profiles Victoria Reid, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Gertrudis Barcelo, and more.

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• Authors: Virginia Sanchez Korrol, Virginia Sánchez Korrol, Virginia Sanchez (Professor and Chair in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Studies Korrol, Vicki L. Ruiz, Vicki L. (Professor of History Ruiz, Vicki L. Sanchez Korrol Ruiz, Virginia Sanchez Korrol
• Assisted by: Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2005
• EAN: 9780195153989
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515398-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Viewpoints on American Culture; Viewpoints on American Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history, History of the Americas