Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla's first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities.
Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout the past three decades.
| ISBN: | 9781609402372 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2012 |
| Author: | Carmen Tafolla |
| Illustrator: | Thelma Muraida |
| Publisher: | Wings Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets |
Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla's first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio.
Curandera features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets
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Curandera was written by Carmen Tafolla and published by Wings Press
Curandera has 80 pages