Samba Dreamers

Author : Kathleen de Azevedo
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780816549061

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Samba Dreamers by Kathleen de Azevedo Pdf

Rosea spoke, her voice steady. “I was in jail a long time, you know. I’m paying for my sins. Now I live in a dingy apartment. I get to watch my neighbors’ kids play and have a normal life that I’ll never have. I smell their barbecues. I’m already in hell, believe me.” Joe turned to go back to the car. “You don’t know what hell is. You have no idea.” When José Francisco Verguerio Silva arrives at LAX, fleeing the brutal dictatorship in his native Brazil, he is determined to become Americanized at all costs. He lands a job driving a Hollywood tour bus and posing as Ricky Ricardo. He marries a blonde waitress and becomes the father of twins. Yet happiness remains elusive for Joe as he is haunted by flashbacks of prison torture. And soon a torrid affair with Rosea Socorro Katz, the crazed daughter of Hollywood’s Brazilian star Carmen Socorro, proves to be even more dangerous than the life he has fled. Rosea spent her childhood watching her mother unravel as the celebrity system toyed with and eventually destroyed her career. Carmen had always claimed to be descended from Amazons, the woman warriors of legend, but she was tamed by Hollywood. Not Rosea. She has just finished serving jail time for setting fire to the home of her ex-husband—in an attempt to destroy his collection of Brazilian artifacts—and sets out to salvage her life. Along the way, she manages to tear down the lives of everyone she meets. The Brazil of the imagination is shattered in this novel of two tortured souls wrestling with the myths of movies, politics, and the American Dream. Laced with fantastic tales of bird-boys and cannibal rituals, it spins a compelling story of desperation as it reminds us that American freedom and the myth of unbridled opportunity can also consume and destroy.

Author : Juanita Heredia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319723921

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Mapping South American Latina/o Literature in the United States by Juanita Heredia Pdf

This collection of interviews demonstrates that U.S. Latinas/os of South American background have contributed pioneering work to U.S. Latina/o literature and culture in the twenty-first century. In conversation with twelve significant authors of South American descent in the United States, Juanita Heredia reveals that, through their transnational experiences, they have developed multicultural identities throughout different regions and cities across the country. However, these authors' works also exemplify a return to their heritage in South America through memory and travel, often showing that they maintain strong cultural and literary ties across national borders. As such, they have created a new chapter in trans-American history by finding new ways of imagining South America from their formation and influences in the U.S.

Author : Suzanne Bost,Frances R. Aparicio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780415666060

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The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature by Suzanne Bost,Frances R. Aparicio Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature and analyses: Regional, cultural and sexual identities in Latino/a literature Worldviews and traditions of Latino/a cultural creation Latino/a literature in different international contexts The impact of differing literary forms of Latino/a literature The politics of canon formation in Latino/a literature. This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of this literary culture.

Author : Robert Henry Moser,Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780813550572

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Luso-American Literature by Robert Henry Moser,Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta Pdf

Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience.

Author : Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826503855

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Creating Carmen Miranda by Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez Pdf

Carmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46. This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic fruit-basket headdresses, Miranda stole the show in films like That Night in Rio and The Gang's All Here. For American film audiences, her life was an example of the exoticism of a mysterious, sensual South America. For Brazilian and Latin American audiences, she was an icon. For the gay community, she became a work of art personified and a symbol of courage and charisma. In Creating Carmen Miranda, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez takes the reader through the myriad methods Miranda consciously used to shape her performance of race, gender, and camp culture, all to further her journey down the road to becoming a legend.

Author : Rigoberto González
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780816550784

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Camino del Sol by Rigoberto González Pdf

Since 1994, the Camino del Sol series has been one of the premier vehicles for Latina/o literary voices. Launched under the auspices of Chicana/o luminary Ray Gonzalez, it quickly established itself in both the Latina/o community and the publishing world as it garnered awards for its outstanding writing. Featuring both established writers and first-time authors, Camino del Sol has published poetry and prose that convey something about the Latina/o experience—works that tap into universal truths through a distinct cultural lens. This volume celebrates fifteen years of books by bringing together some of the series’ best work, such as poetry from Francisco X. Alarcón, fiction from Christine Granados, and nonfiction from Luis Alberto Urrea. These voices echo the entire spectrum of Latina/o writing, from Chicana/o to Puerto Rican to Brazilian-American, and take in themes ranging from migration to gender. Awards bestowed upon Camino del Sol titles include the PEN/Beyond Margins Award to Richard Blanco’s Directions to the Beach of the Dead; Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards to Diana García’s When Living Was a Labor Camp and Luis Alberto Urrea’s Nobody’s Son; International Latino Book Awards to Pat Mora’s Adobe Odes and Kathleen Alcalá’s The Desert Remembers My Name; the Premio Aztlán literary prize to Sergio Troncoso’s The Last Tortilla; and the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award to Kathleen de Azevedo’s Samba Dreamers. All of these works are represented in this outstanding collection. In a short span of time, Camino del Sol has cultivated an admirable and sizeable list of distinguished contemporary authors—and even garnered the first National Book Critics Circle Award for a Chicana/o for Juan Felipe Herrera’s Half of the World in Light. Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing is a benchmark for the series and a wonderful introduction to the world of Latina/o literature.

Author : Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136161742

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The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature by Frederick Luis Aldama Pdf

The Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature presents the first comprehensive overview of these popular, experimental and diverse literary cultures. Frederick Luis Aldama traces a historical path through Latino/a literature, examining both the historical and political contexts of the works, as well as their authors and the readership. He also provides an enlightening analysis of: the differing sub-groups of Latino/a literature, including Mexican American, Cuban American, Puerto Rican American, Dominican American, and Central and South American émigré authors established and emerging literary trends such as the postmodern, historical, chica-lit storytelling formats and the graphic novel key literary themes, including gender and sexuality, feminist and queer voices, and migration and borderlands. The author’s methodology and interpretation of a wealth of information will put this rich and diverse area of literary culture into a new light for scholars. The book’s student-friendly features such as a glossary, guide to further reading, explanatory text boxes and chapter summaries, make this the ideal text for anyone approaching the area for the first time.

Author : D. Seth Horton
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804011068

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New Stories from the Southwest by D. Seth Horton Pdf

The beauty and barrenness of the southwestern landscape naturallylends itself to the art of storytellers. It is a land of heat and dryness, aland of spirits, a land that is misunderstood by those living along thecoasts. New Stories from the Southwest presents nineteen short stories that appeared in North American periodicals between January and December 2006. Though many of these stories vary by aesthetics, tone, voice, and almost any other craft category one might wish to use, they are nevertheless bound together by at least one factor, which is that the landscape of the region plays a key role in their narratives. They each evoke and explore what it means to exist in thisunique corner of the country. Selected by editor D. Seth Horton, the former fiction editor for the Sonora Review, from a wide cross-section of journals and magazines, and with a foreword by noted writer Ray Gonzalez, New Stories from the Southwest presents a generous sampling of the best of contemporary fiction situated in this often overlooked area of the country. Swallow Press is particularly pleased to publish this wide-ranging collection of stories from both new and established writers. Contributors to New Stories from the Southwest are: - Alan Cheuse - Matt Clark - Lorien Crow - Kathleen De Azvedo - Alan Elyshevitz - Marcela Fuentes - Dennis Fulgoni - Ray Gonzalez - Anna Green - Donald Lucio Hurd - Toni Jensen - Charles Kemnitz - Elmo Lum - Tom McWhorter - S. G. Miller - Peter Rock - Alicita Rodriguez - John Tait - Patrick Tobin - Valery Varble

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : America
ISBN : MINN:31951P00966481G

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Américas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel A. Olivas
Publisher : Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015076176786

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Latinos in Lotusland by Daniel A. Olivas Pdf

Latinos in Lotusland brings to life Latino denizens of the Los Angeles area resulting in a complex and diverse group of characters: young and old, gay and straight, rich and poor, the newly arrived and the well established. We meet aggressive journalists, cement pourers, disaffected lovers, drunken folklorico dancers, successful curanderos, teenage slackers, aging artists, wrestling saints, aimless druggies, people made of paper, college students, and even a private detective in search of a presumed-dead gonzo writer. Setting for these stories range from East L.A. to Malibu, Hollywood to the San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach to El Sereno. This anthology brings together established and newer writers who provide beautiful, powerful, and eloquent tales.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1954 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015078320382

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The Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:49015003137214

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MultiCultural Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Women's studies
ISBN : CUB:U183047784645

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SIROW. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Women's studies
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172148270697

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SIROW News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Feminism
ISBN : MINN:31951P01043160A

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Feminist Periodicals by Anonim Pdf